War_Conflict

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Demonstrators hold petitions asking President Obama to protect Iranians at Camp Ashraf in Iraq during a rally at the White House on Saturday. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Army soldiers and Uganda People's Defense Force soldiers participate in a closing ceremony for operation Atlas Drop 11, an annual joint aerial delivery exercise, in Soroti, Uganda, in April. While putting few U.S. troops at risk, the United States is providing intelligence and training to fight militants across the continent, from Mauritania in the west along the Atlantic Ocean, to Somalia in the east along the Indian Ocean. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Marines board a C-5 transport plane bound for Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, at Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1994 as the U.S. military's presence in Somalia winds down. By then, more than a year after entering the country, 44 Army soldiers, Marines and airmen had been killed and dozens more wounded.

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Actor and Iraq war veteran J.R. Martinez has been named grand marshal of this year's Tournament of Roses parade Jan. 2 in Pasadena, Calif. He also will participate in a Nov. 11 "Extreme Makeover" TV special to benefit groups that aid veterans. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, where he signed a proclamation designating Fort Monroe as a national monument. Fort Monroe was the third-oldest Army post in continuous active service and is an important part of the history of slavery, the Civil War and the U.S. military. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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More than 5,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Lebanon and Turkey since March, but Syria reportedly is planting land mines along border areas, a sign of its isolation. (Associated Press)

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South Korean protesters shout slogans near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, as they hold petitions at a rally denouncing the crimes of U.S. soldiers. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., was a mecca for fugitive slaves during the Civil War. (Associated Press)

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A U.S. soldier checks the damage at offices of the U.N.'s refugee agency, the UNHCR, caused by a suicide bomber in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Oct. 31, 2011. The attack killed four people and severely damaged the U.N. agency's building, Afghan officials said. (Associated Press)

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Syrian army positions are pictured on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, near the border town of Serhaniyeh, Lebanon, whose residents say troops have laid mines nearby over the past several days. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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Army National Guard Sgt. Danny Sousa (center) and others from the 79th Troop Command work alongside firefighters to clear trees and make roads passable in Barre, Mass., on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki (left) and Elias Sanbar, historian and ambassador for Palestine at UNESCO, face the media during a press conference at UNESCO's 36th General Conference in Paris on Oct. 31, 2011. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Kenyan troops heading to Somalia are pictured near Liboi, Kenya, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The troops will stay in southern Somalia until Kenyans feel safe again, the chief of Kenya's armed forces said Saturday. (AP Photo, File)

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Chad Ware, of Wheeling, Ill., a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and a member of the U.S. Army running team, wins the 36th Marine Corps Marathon in a time of 2:19:16 in Arlington, Va. on Oct. 30, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Chad Ware, of Wheeling, Ill., a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and a member of the U.S. Army running team, climbs the final hill to win the 36th Marine Corps Marathon in a time of 2:19:16 in Arlington, Va. on Oct. 30, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Redskins quarterback John Beck was under siege all afternoon as Buffalo racked up nine sacks. The Bills entered the game with four. (Associated Press)

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Redskins quarterback John Beck was under siege all afternoon as Buffalo racked up nine sacks. The Bills entered the game with four. (Associated Press)

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Somali soldiers patrol near a car-bombing site in Mogadishu, Somalia. The bomb exploded near Somalia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, killing at least four people including the bomber. (Associated Press)

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:Protesters scuffle with riot police in Athens on Friday during a march marking the 71st anniversary of Greece's entry into World War II. Greek anger against harsh austerity measures have been targeted at the ruling Socialists, who are under pressure to appease international creditors. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 83, lies on a hospital bed inside the defendants' cage of a Cairo courtroom on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, as his historic trial begins on charges of corruption and complicity in the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him. (AP Photo/Egyptian State Television, File)