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Iraqis loot the National Theater in the center of Baghdad, Iraq. Looting is citywide and is moving from government buildings to private businesses and homes Thursday, April 10, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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Two Iraqi men who were shot while looting are brought to a US Marines checkpoint in the center of Baghdad, where they received treatment and transport to a hospital Thursday, April 10, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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Rural Iraqis pass US Marines near the Diyala River Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, April 9, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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US Marine convoys pass the burned out hulk of an Iraqi armored personnel carrier near the Diyala River in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, April 9, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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1st Marine Division crossed into Baghdad over desroyed bridges over the Diyala River after Lance Cpl. Dusty Langford and the rest of 8th ESB ( Engineer Support Battalion ) spanned the damaged sections with bridging equipment near Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 8, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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US Marines of 1st FSSG Forward ( Force Service Supply Group ) salvage an overturned trailer of MREs ( Meals Ready to Eat ) along a road after checking ariver crossing held by US Marines 6th ESB ( Engineer Support Battalion ) in southern Iraq Monday, March 24, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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Lance Bombadier Sean Hale of 21 Air Assault Battery Royal Artillery of the 16 Air Assault Brigade falls asleep in his chair after a search Iraqi civilians for weapons in southern Iraq Saturday, March 29, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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Iraqi men wait to be searched on a roadside by US Marines of 1st FSSG Forward ( 1st Force Service Support Group Forward ) and British Soldiers of 21 Air Assault Battery Royal Artillery of the 16th Air Assault Brigade who set up checkpoints to search Iraqi civilians for weapons in southern Iraq Saturday, March 29, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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An Iraqi man from Basra tells how a shell blew up his house as US Marines of 1st FSSG Forward ( 1st Force Service Support Group Forward ) try to explain to him why they have entered his country at a checkpoint secured by British Soldiers of 21 Air Assault Battery Royal Artillery of the 16th Air Assault Brigade to search Iraqi civilians for weapons in southern Iraq Saturday, March 29, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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US Marines of 1st FSSG Forward ( 1st Force Service Support Group Forward ) and British Soldiers of 21 Air Assault Battery Royal Artillery of the 16th Air Assault Brigade set up checkpoints to search Iraqi civilians for weapons in southern Iraq Saturday, March 29, 2003. The soldiers are wearing gas masks because of a false gas alert heard over their communication network. The wad of cash in the Iraqi man's hand is barely enough to buy a pack of cigarettes. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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US Marines of the 1 FSSG Forward ( 1st Force Service Support Group Forward) of the 1MEF ( First Marine Expeditionary Force ) in northern Kuwait watch the flashes of light from US Army artillery fire and Iraqi Scud missiles headed for Kuwait City from their bunker signaling the beginning of the ground offensive against Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2003. ( J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times )
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Gary Oldman portrays George Smiley, who is called out of retirement from MI6 when a covert operation goes awry, in the latest but not greatest adaptation of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy." (Focus Features via Associated Press)
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**FILE** Taliban militants, who were arrested by Afghan Border Police, stand over their guns July 4, 2011, while they are presented to the media at the Afghan Border Police headquarters in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. All of them were dressed as women and at least one was strapped with an explosive vest. (Associated Press)
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In this Tuesday, Oct 30, 2007 file photo, a U.S. army Black Hawk helicopter flies as the sun sets over Baghdad. In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world. Nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives later, the objective now is simply to get out _ and leave behind a country where democracy has at least a chance, where Iran does not dominate and where conditions may not be good but "good enough." (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
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Spc. Mitchell Hughes, left, hugs his daughter Gracie Hughes, 5, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 after he arrived at the National Guard Armory Thursday in Bowling Green, Ky. Family and friends welcomed home 75 Kentucky National Guard soldiers from a six month deployment in Iraq. The soldiers are from Bravo Company, 149th Brigade Support Battalion, which is part of the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade. The brigade deployed more than 1,300 soldiers to Iraq in June in the Kentucky Guard's largest overseas deployment since World War II. (AP Photo/Daily News, Alex Slitz)
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U.S. Army Pfc. Keither Singleton holds his sons Keither Jr., 3, left, and Shamari, 2, right, after he returned home to Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state along with other soldiers who had been serving in Iraq , Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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** FILE ** U.S. Army soldiers with 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division stand near their armored vehicles before they start their journey home at Contingency Operating Site Kalsu, about 55 kilometers (35 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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In this March 7, 2010 file photo, two Iraqi women display their inked fingers after casting their vote in the parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq. In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world. Nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives later, the objective now is simply to get out _ and leave behind a country where democracy has at least a chance, where Iran does not dominate and where conditions may not be good but "good enough." (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
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In this series of Dec. 14, 2008 file images made from APTN video, Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, foreground center, throws a shoe at U.S. President George W. Bush, background left, during a news conference in Baghdad with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, background right. The man threw two shoes at Bush, one after another, and was then taken into custody. Neither man was hit. In Iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is a sign of contempt. In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world. Nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives later, the objective now is simply to get out _ and leave behind a country where democracy has at least a chance, where Iran does not dominate and where conditions may not be good but "good enough." (AP Photo/APTN, File)
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In this undated U.S. Department of Defense file photo made available by thememoryhole.org, flag-draped coffins of U.S .war casualties are seen aboard a cargo plane in Dover, Del. In the beginning, it all looked simple: topple Saddam Hussein, destroy his purported weapons of mass destruction and lay the foundation for a pro-Western government in the heart of the Arab world.. Nearly 4,500 American and more than 100,000 Iraqi lives later, the objective now is simply to get out _ and leave behind a country where democracy has at least a chance, where Iran does not dominate and where conditions may not be good but "good enough." (AP Photo/thememoryhole.org, File)
