War_Conflict

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A U.S. Marine stands guard in Kuwait. Next year, the Marines will incorporate Mind Fitness Training classes into an infantry school at Camp Pendleton, Calif., making it a tentative part of the regular training cycle. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) speaks with British Foreign Minister William Hague (right) during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, attends a meeting of the Palestinian leadership at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Dec 4, 2012. Israel’s latest settlement plans will destroy any lingering hopes of setting up a Palestinian state next to Israel, a senior Palestinian official warned, as international anger over such construction snowballed. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's supporters beat an opponent, center, during clashes outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. Wednesday's clashes began when thousands of Islamist supporters of Morsi descended on the area around the palace where some 300 of his opponents were staging a sit-in. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's supporters, background, clash with opponents, foreground, outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. Wednesday's clashes began when thousands of Islamist supporters of Morsi descended on the area around the palace where some 300 of his opponents were staging a sit-in. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's supporters try to detain an opposition protester during clashes outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. Wednesday's clashes began when thousands of Islamist supporters of Morsi descended on the area around the palace where some 300 of his opponents were staging a sit-in. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Egyptian protesters chant anti Muslim Brotherhood slogans outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. Supporters of President Mohammed Morsi and opponents clashed outside the presidential palace. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (left) speaks with British Foreign Minister William Hague (third from left) as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stands at right during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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Fireworks burst over Tahrir Square as protesters gather in Cairo on Dec. 4, 2012. Demonstrations by tens of thousands of Egyptians outside the presidential palace turned violent as tensions grew over Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers. Thousands of protesters also gathered in Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square, miles away from the palace, to join several hundred who have been camping out there for nearly two weeks. (Associated Press)

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A Sunni gunman fires his weapon during clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian-regime gunmen in the port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)