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A U.S. Army soldier from the 49th Military Police Brigade counts gas masks on Sunday, July 18, 2010, at Camp Victory in Baghdad as the unit prepares to ship their equipment and belongings home. The soldiers, based in Fairfield, Calif., are soon to leave Iraq as part of the U.S. drawdown of forces, which begins in earnest next month. The number of soldiers in Iraq is expected to go from 77,500 currently in the country to 50,000 by Sept. 1. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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FILE - In this May 18, 2010 file photo, U.S. soldiers load dead bodies on a vehicle after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital Tuesday, killing six troops - five Americans and one Canadian, officials said. Twelve Afghan civilians also died, many of them on a public bus in rush-hour traffic. Escalating violence in Afghanistan is now the worst since the early months of the nearly 9-year-old war, killing 1,074 civilians so far this year as international forces struggle to establish security, an Afghan rights group said Monday, July 12, 2010. (AP Photo, File)

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A lieutenant colonel of the Iranian elite Revolutionary Guard, attends Friday prayers with his colleague at Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 16, 2010. A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll included members of the elite Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protestor during a demonstration against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Israeli soldiers take position during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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Palestinian, Israeli and foreign protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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Palestinian protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers, not seen, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Palestinian, Israeli and foreign protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers, not seen, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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A Palestinian protester kicks a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers, not seen, during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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A Palestinian protester is detained during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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A Palestinian protester is detained during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, July 16, 2010. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Iraqis gather as firefighters respond to a fire in a five-story hotel in Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, Friday, July 16, 2010. At least 29 people were killed, including foreigners, police and hospital officials said on Friday. (AP Photo)

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This picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency shows the scene of the bomb blast in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday -- including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard -- in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo / Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)

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This picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency shows the scene of the bomb blast in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday -- including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard -- in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)

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This picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency shows the scene of the bomb blast in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday -- including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard -- in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)

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This picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency shows the victims of a bomb blast in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday -- including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard -- in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)

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In this picture released by Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency, bodies of victims of bomb blasts lie on the street, in the city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the capital Tehran Thursday, July 15, 2010. Twin bombings killed more than 20 people outside a mosque in southeastern Iran on Thursday _ including members of the powerful Revolutionary Guard _ in attacks that came less than a month after Iran hanged the leader of a militant insurgent group in the region. (AP Photo/Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA)

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A victim of Thursday's bomb blasts lies injured in a hospital at the Iranian city of Zahedan, 940 miles southeast of the Tehran, Friday, July 16, 2010. A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shi'ite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll rose to 27 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Ali Azimzadeh)

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Members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard talk as they prepare for Friday prayers, at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Friday, July 16, 2010. A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shi'ite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll rose to 27 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guard. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)