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Leyali Awaja sleeps in one of the tents. Her family has been homeless since Israel's December 2008 military offensive against Gaza. (Associated Press)
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Former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix arrives to give evidence at the Iraq War Inquiry in London on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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A US soldier from 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, returns fire towards insurgents as an Afghan soldier takes position during clashes at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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US soldiers from 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, run to firing positions after coming under attack by Taliban insurgents at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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US soldiers from 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, fire towards insurgents after coming under attack by Taliban at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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US Army 2LT John Keller, of Downingtown, PA, from 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, directs mortar fire towards insurgent positions during clashes at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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US Army soldiers of the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, over-watch insurgent positions during clashes at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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An Afghan soldier launches a rocket propelled grenade as US soldiers of the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division duck during a clash with insurgents at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Pararescuemen, or "PJs," of the 58th Rescue Squadron deployed to Afghanistan from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, left to right, Senior Airman Robert Dieguez, 1st Lt. Matthew Carlisle, and Tech. Sgt. Jeff Hedglin, stabilize an Afghan boy with a gunshot wound to the torso, aboard a Pavehawk CASEVAC helicopter en route to a nearby military hospital in Kandahar province, Tuesday July 27, 2010. The PJs and helicopter aircrews are part of the U.S. Air Force's 451st Air Expeditionary Wing based at Kandahar Air Field, which provides a variety of air assets to the NATO war effort in southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Five month-old Palestinian girl Leyali Awaja sleeps in the makeshift structure that houses her family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, his wife Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Members of the Palestinian Awaja family, from left, Zikrayat, 2, mother Wafa, 34, holding baby Leyali, Omsyat, 13, and Dia, 4, on tent, stand near the makeshift structures that house them in Beit Lahiyeh, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Wafa Zikrayat, 2, stands next to her mother Wafa, 34, holding baby Leyali, near the makeshift structures that house the family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, his wife Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Five month-old Palestinian girl Leyali Awaja sleeps in the makeshift structure that houses her family, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, his wife Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Wafa Awaja, 34, takes care of flowers in her garden outside the makeshift structures that house her family, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit Wafa, her husband Kamal and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Members of the Awaja family, from left: Omsyat, 13, mother Wafa, 34, five month-old Leyali, and Hala, 8, are seen in a makeshift structure that houses them in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Dia Awaja, 4, plays in a tent, part of the makeshift structures that house the family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, his wife Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian siblings Dia Awaja, right, 4, and Zikrayat, 2, left, play on one of the tents which comprise the makeshift structures that house their family, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets the siblings father Kamal, mother Wafa, and their 8-year-old brother Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Wafa Awaja, 34, jokes with her daughters Hala, 8, left, and Omsyat, 13, as they stand near the makeshift structures that house the family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. A portrait of Wafa's late 8-year-old son Ibrahim _ killed during an Israeli army operation_ is attached to the tent at right. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit Wafa, her husband Kamal, and Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Dia Awaja, 4, cleans a portrait of his late brother Ibrahim, killed during an Israeli army operation, atop a tent that makes up part of the makeshift structures that house the family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, mother Wafa, and 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Five month-old Palestinian girl Leyali Awaja sleeps in the makeshift structures that house her family as her siblings Omsyat and Hala eat their lunch, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit Leyali's father Kamal, mother Wafa, and 8-year-old brother Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)