War_Conflict

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** FILE ** Iraqis inspect the scene of a car bombing in Baghdad on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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** FILE ** U.S. military personnel pray during a memorial service for their fallen comrades in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in March 2003. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

** FILE ** An Afghan National Army soldier wears an ammunition belt around his neck during a joint patrol with U.S. Army soldiers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion of the 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne, in the volatile Arghandab Valley outside Kandahar, Afghanistan, in July 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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**FILE** Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq organization chant slogans and hold banners during a tour organized by the Iraqi government for foreign diplomats in Baghdad on Sept. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Kenyan army soldiers sit Dec. 14, 2011, on a currently unused fishing boat on the white sand shore of the seaside town of Bur Garbo, Somalia. (Associated Press)

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 27, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly at the world body's headquarters on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Free Syrian Army fighters carry the body of a comrade away from the front line during clashes against Syrian army forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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A security guard was shot at the Family Research Council building in Washington on Aug. 15, 2012. Floyd Lee Corkins told authorities that he wanted to kill as many employees as possible after finding the group on the Southern Poverty Law Center's "hate map."(The Washington Times/File)