War_Conflict

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Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic waves in the courtroom during a hearing at the U.N.'s International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague on Monday, July 4, 2011. (AP Photo/ Valerie Kuypers, Pool)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS "I think I'm pretty good at it, but I like it. That's the bottom line. I love being a soldier and I love being around soldiers," says Army Command Sgt. Major Jeffery Mellinger, 58, who was drafted during the Vietnam War and decided to remain in military service. The Army believes he's the last draftee to retire.

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Salute Guns Platoon move a cannon into position for Monday's Fourth of July celebration on the Mall near the U.S. Capitol, seen in the background (top). The platoon fires the cannon during the performance of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture." The team positions one of the cannons to be used (above).

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Demonstrators stand by a burning advertisement during clashes in central Athens last week after parliament approved more austerity measures needed to avert default that calmed markets but triggered a second day of riots. (Associated Press)

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Belorussian honor guard soldiers perform during a parade marking Independence Day in Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday, July 3, 2011. Minsk was liberated by the Red Army from the Nazi invaders on this date in 1944. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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Palestinian children hold Palestinian flags and a blue-and-white Greek flag as they demonstrate in support of the Gaza-bound flotilla in the port of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, July 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Thousands of people march through downtown Atlanta in protest against Georgia's strict new immigration law on Saturday, July 2, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)

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Afghan protesters hold a banner that reads: "ISI clear enemy" during an anti-Pakistan demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, July 2, 2011. Several hundred people demonstrated against rocket attacks that have killed an estimated 36 civilians along the eastern border with Pakistan in recent weeks. ISI stands for Inter-Services Intelligence — an intelligence department of Pakistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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**FILE** Iranian Revolutionary Guard personnel watch the launch of a Zelzal missile during military maneuvers near Qom on June 28, 2011. (Mehr News Agency via Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS An Egyptian protester suffering from tear gas inhalation receives help from a fellow demonstrator Wednesday in Cairo. Youths gathered to demand speedy prosecution of officers accused of police brutality during demonstrations earlier in the year.

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Libyans celebrate on Monday, June 27, 2011, in Benghazi, Libya, after receiving news that the International Criminal Court in The Hague had issued arrest warrants for Col. Moammar Gadhafi, his son and his intelligence chief for crimes against humanity in the early days of the regime's struggle to cling to power. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Sen. Carl Levin (left), Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, welcomes Navy Vice Adm. William H. McRaven (center), the nominee to become commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, and Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen, nominee to become commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, at the start of confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Smoke rises from the Inter-Continental hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, after it was attacked by militants. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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A protester throws a table toward police in Syntagma Square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Egyptian protesters escort an injured demonstrator who suffered severe burns during clashes with security forces at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Some Syrian refugees in Turkey say they are dedicated to continuing the fight for freedom from across the border. "We weren't ready earlier." one said. (Associated Press)

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A fire bomb thrown by protesters explodes next to riot police during a demonstration in Athens Tuesday evening June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

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Riot police arrest a protester during a demonstration in Athens. Greece's beleaguered government is bracing for a 48-hour general strike as lawmakers debate a new round of austerity reforms designed to win the country additional rescue loans needed avoid bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)