War_Conflict

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People inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in the commercial area of Karradah in Baghdad on Tuesday. A wave of bombings, mainly targeting markets in and near Baghdad killing scores, officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has gripped Iraq. (Associated Press)

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Sandy Early, with Free State Militia Firearms, sells T-shirts that modify the Starbucks logo at a gun show in Annapolis earlier this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** African Union peacekeepers take position outside the main U.N. compound, following an attack on it in Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 19, 2013. Al Qaeda-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and engaged in ongoing battles with security forces in an attempt to breach the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu, officials said. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Daniel Bangert, initiator of a protest against spying, holds a makeshift video camera outside U.S. Army's Dagger Complex near Griesheim, Germany, on July 20, 2013. The massively secured property is run by the U.S. military and supposed to be used by the U.S. intelligence agency NSA (National Security Agency). (Associated Press)

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Security was tight Wednesday at the entrance of Sanaa International Airport in Yemen, where authorities said they foiled an al Qaeda plot to take over key cities and attack strategic ports and gas facilities. (Associated Press)

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Kenya Airforce personnel view the damage after fire engulf the international arrivals area of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013. A massive fire engulfed the arrivals hall at Kenya's main international airport early Wednesday, forcing East Africa's largest airport to close and the rerouting of all inbound flights. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

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** FILE ** A man examines documents at the gutted U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. The Justice Department has filed charges against Libyan militia leader Ahmed Khatallah, the first indictment in last year’s deadly terrorist attack that killed four Americans. (Associated Press)

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A Yemeni soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Security forces close access roads, put up extra blast walls and beef up patrols near some of the 21 U.S. diplomatic missions in the Muslim world that Washington ordered closed for the weekend over a "significant threat'' of an al Qaeda attack. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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An American flag flies outside the U.S. Consulate in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. Anti-terrorism police in Milan say the city's U.S. Consulate has been evacuated after receiving a letter containing a bomb threat. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)