War_Conflict

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**FILE** Philadelphia police officers go inside as a woman carries a U.S. Navy flag, at services for U.S.Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Joseph Strange, a cryptology technician, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, on Aug. 18, 2011, in Philadelphia. Strange was assigned to the Navy SEAL team whose Chinook helicopter was shot down Aug. 6 by a rocket-propelled grenade in what has become the deadliest single loss for U.S. forces in the decade-long war in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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A Palestinian youth is detained by border police officers at the Damascus Gate as Israelis march celebrating Jerusalem Day, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Jerusalem's Old City. Jerusalem Day marks Israel's capture of east Jerusalem and the reunification of the city, which had been divided into Israeli and Jordanian sectors from Israel's establishment in 1948 until the 1967 war. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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A turkey named "Harry" (right) — originally intended to be served for Thanksgiving dinner for American troops at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan — received a pardon when health inspectors at the base were unsure whether he would be safe to eat. This spring, he mated with "Harriet," a female turkey companion brought in for him, and gave birth to five healthy chicks, or poults. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)

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A turkey named "Harry" — originally intended to be served for Thanksgiving dinner for American troops at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan — received a pardon when health inspectors at the base were unsure whether he would be safe to eat. This spring, he mated with "Harriet," a female turkey companion brought in for him, and gave birth to five healthy chicks, or poults. (Kristina Wong/The Washington Times)

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An Israeli soldier drives an armored personal carrier during a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli soldiers of the Golani brigade gather in a tent, as the sun rises, before a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Gen. Mark A. Welsh III (right), the Air Force chief of staff, and Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley (left) appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Besides funding for next year's Pentagon budget, the Air Force is dealing with controversy over sexual assaults and how the military justice system handles it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Indonesian U.N peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Tuesday May 7, 2013. Four U.N. peacekeepers were seized by armed gunmen on Tuesday while they were patrolling in the demilitarized zone separating Syria from the Israeli-occupied sections of Golan Heights. (Associated Press)