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Holding on: Martin and Nailah Winkfield are fighting for Mrs. Winkfield's daughter, Jahi McMath, even though doctors have declared her brain dead. (Associated Press)
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Old Ways: Iraqis have posted checkpoints along roads rather than adopting counterinsurgency practices as taught by U.S. forces, says an architect of the U.S. troop surge that reduced violence in Iraq by 90 percent and led to the military exodus ordered by President Obama in 2011. Trained Iraqi defense forces have since been unable to contain al Qaeda. (Associated Press photographs)
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Street fight: Iraqi troops are trying to oust insurgents in Ramadi and Fallujah. Lt. Gen. Rasheed Fleih, who leads the Anbar Military Command, says "two to three days" are needed to reclaim those cities from al Qaeda militants.
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A gunman takes aim at a burned army truck during clashes with Iraqi security forces on the outskirts of Fallujah on Sunday. Insurgents have made significant gains in the Sunni stronghold of Anbar province, including cities of Ramadi and Fallujah. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, walks with U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Martin Indyk, right, while returning from a trip to Jordan and Saudi Arabia, at Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv Israel, on Sunday Jan. 5, 2014. Kerry continues his regional peace-making efforts Sunday. (AP Photo / Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
