War_Conflict

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 photo, 3 year old Nicole holds on to her present during a Christmas show for children of Romanian military families, in Bucharest, Romania. Romania's defense ministry has laid on a Christmas party at the grand Palace of the National Military Circle in Bucharest bringing together the sons and daughters of Romanian soldiers who were slain or wounded while on peacekeeping missions overseas. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 photo, Maya, 19 months-old, sleeps in her father's arms during a Christmas show for children of Romanian military families, in Bucharest, Romania. Romania's defense ministry laid on a Christmas show at the National Military Circle, a grand 19th-century building in downtown Bucharest, for dozens of Romanian children whose fathers were killed or injured serving in international peacekeeping missions. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 photo, a man wearing a Santa Claus outfit speaks to children of Romanian military families during a Christmas show in Bucharest, Romania. Romania's defense ministry laid on a Christmas show at the National Military Circle, a grand 19th-century building in downtown Bucharest, for dozens of Romanian children whose fathers were killed or injured serving in international peacekeeping missions. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 photo, a boy, his face painted with a Spiderman mask, stands behind chairs during a Christmas show for children of Romanian military families, in Bucharest, Romania. Romania's defense ministry laid on a Christmas show at the National Military Circle, a grand 19th-century building in downtown Bucharest, for dozens of Romanian children whose fathers were killed or injured serving in international peacekeeping missions. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 photo taken with a slow shutter speed, 3 year old Nicole pushes her present box, after a Christmas show for children of Romanian military families, in Bucharest, Romania. Romania's defense ministry has laid on a Christmas show for dozens of Romanian children whose fathers were killed or injured serving in international peacekeeping missions at the National Military Circle, a grand 19th-century building in downtown Bucharest. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 photo, a man wearing a Santa Claus outfit speaks to 19 month old Maya during a Christmas show for children of Romanian military families, in Bucharest, Romania. This month’s Christmas party at the grand Palace of the National Military Circle in Bucharest brought together the sons and daughters of Romanian soldiers who were slain or wounded while on peacekeeping missions overseas. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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FILE - In this Saturday, June 11, 2016 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip ride in a carriage during the Trooping The Colour parade at Buckingham Palace, in London. Buckingham Palace officials say Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip have delayed their planned Christmas trip because both are suffering from heavy colds. The palace said the pair had been planning to travel by train to the queen's country estate Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 but have postponed the trip. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, file)

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FILE - In this March 4, 2016 file photo, Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga is surrounded by reporters after a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the latter's official residence in Tokyo. Japan and the U.S. have marked a partial return of the land used by American troops to Okinawa in a ceremony on the southern island Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, , but there was no sign the move was helping to lessen protests against the heavy U.S. military presence. Demanding an unconditional land return, Okinawa Gov. Onaga skipped Thursday’s ceremony and joined a protest. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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The photo which was sent to European police authorities and obtained by AP on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 shows Tunisian national Anis Amri who is wanted by German police for an alleged involvement in the Berlin Christmas market attack. Several people died when a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market on Dec. 19. (Police via AP)

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The Dec. 21, 2016 photo shows a refugee shelter in Emmerich, western Germany, in which the suspect of the attack on a Christmas market in Berlin had been living. The shelter was searched by police on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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The wanted photo issued by German federal police on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, shows 24-year-old Tunisian Anis Amri who is suspected of being involved in the fatal attack on the Christmas market in Berlin on Dec. 19, 2016. German authorities are offering a reward of up to 100,000 euros ($105,000) for the arrest of the Tunisian. (German police via AP)

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Islamic State recruits include lawyers, engineers, police officers and computer technicians — the professionals needed to construct leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's warped vision of a so-called caliphate in Syria and Iraq. (Associated Press)

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French soldiers were on patrol at the Christmas market in Marseille this week after the deadly attack Monday evening in Berlin. The Islamic State is using propaganda to self-radicalize terrorists using low-cost, high-impact resources such as trucks and knives. (Associated Press)

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Sorrow: Mourners held a vigil Wednesday, two days after a lone-wolf terrorist used a truck to carry out a massacre at a Christmas market in Berlin. (Associated Press)

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Anis Amri, a 24-year-old Tunisian who was denied asylum in Germany in July, reportedly had been under government surveillance for several months over suggested ties to the Islamic State.

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Shining a Light on Genocide Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, DEC. 24 - FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2016 file photo, police move in on a group of protesters throwing rocks at them in Milwaukee. In August, a north side Milwaukee neighborhood erupted in violence following the police shooting of a young black man, Sylville Smith. Smith's death was the match that lit two nights of violence which left eight businesses burned, other properties looted and several officers and civilians injured. In a rare move, the officer that killed Smith, Dominique Heaggan-Brown, was charged in December with first-degree reckless homicide. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)

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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, DEC. 24 - FILE - This file photo provided by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office shows Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown. In August, a north side Milwaukee neighborhood erupted in violence following the police shooting of a young black man, Sylville Smith. Smith's death was the match that lit two nights of violence which left eight businesses burned, other properties looted and several officers and civilians injured. In a rare move, the officer that killed Smith, Dominique Heaggan-Brown, was charged in December with first-degree reckless homicide. (Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, DEC. 24 - FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Milwaukee County Sheriff shows Sylville Smith. In August, a north side Milwaukee neighborhood erupted in violence following the police shooting of a young black man, Sylville Smith. Smith's death was the match that lit two nights of violence which left eight businesses burned, other properties looted and several officers and civilians injured. In a rare move, the officer that killed Smith, Dominique Heaggan-Brown, was charged in December with first-degree reckless homicide. (Milwaukee County Sheriff via AP, File)

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