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A new grenade being developed by the Pentagon will detect enemies hiding behind obstacles and explode. The Small Arms Grenade Munition (SAGM) is a 40mm, low-velocity round that the U.S. military is perfecting to give troops a higher probability of killing enemies “in defilade,” up to 500 meters away, and will be used with M203 or M320 rifle-mounted grenade launchers.
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In this undated file photo released by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, while riding in Raqqa city in Syria. (Militant website via AP, file)
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FILE - In this undated file photo released by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, while riding in Raqqa city in Syria. The notion that young women are traveling to Syria solely to become "jihadi brides" is simplistic and hinders efforts to prevent other girls from being radicalized, new research suggests. Young women are joining the so-called Islamic State group for many reasons, including anger over the perceived persecution of Muslims and the wish to belong to a sisterhood with similar beliefs, according to a report released Thursday, May 28, 2015, by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the International Center for the Study of Radicalization at King's College London. (Militant website via AP, file)
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This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), now called the Islamic State group, marching in Raqqa, Syria. **FILE**
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Pro-Russia rebels carry a coffin with the body of prominent separatist commander Alexei Mozgovoi during his funeral in Alchevsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Alexei Mozgovoi and at least six other people were killed on Saturday in eastern Ukraine when his vehicle was ripped apart by a bomb and then strafed by gunfire. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)
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A Russia-backed rebel take aim on the outskirts of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. The situation in eastern Ukraine has remained tense and skirmishes between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists have continued. Vice President Joseph R. Biden said that ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict is a key test of U.S. and European leadership. (Associated Press photographs)
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I told you I'd end the war in Iraq and I ended it ... (Illustration by Gary Varvel for Creators Syndicate)
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Jerez Nehemiah Stone-Coleman, who once appeared on MTV's "Catfish" reality show featuring online con artists, was charged Wednesday with making terroristic threats against the Washington, D.C., public transportation system. (Metro Transit Police)
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Boston Common (Boston, MA) - Boston Common is a central public park in downtown Boston, and is the oldest city park in the United States. The Common was used as a camp by the British before the American Revolutionary War, from which they left for the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The grassy area of the park is used for its largest events, in which famous individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Pope John Paul II have made speeches. There is a public ice-skating rink, softball field, and multiple historic memorials throughout the park.
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Shooters World, located in Tampa, Florida, is home to the largest indoor shooting range in the sunshine state. Patrons in groups of at least two can rent firearms, and all customers and members are welcome to bring their own guns to use at Shooters World. The facility also contains a retail showroom that features specialty hunting rifles and shotguns, tactical weapons and self-defense firearms for purchase. Separating Shooters World from the rest of the pack is its indoor reactive steel range with a large assortment of steel targets to choose from.
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Grand Park (Chicago, IL) - Grand Park is a large urban park located in Chicago's central business district. Originally named Lake Park, it was renamed in 1901 after American Civil War commanding General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant. The park contains performance venues, gardens, sporting and public art, such as the Abraham Lincoln Monument.
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The Colonial Shooting Academy, located in Richmond, Virginia, boasts the largest indoor shooting range in the United States. While patrons are welcome to bring their own firearms and ammunition, it also features an on site store with a wide selection of new and used firearms and ammunition.
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Mourners chant slogans against the Islamic State militant group as they carry the flag-draped coffins of three members of Peace Brigades, a Shiite militia group loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who were killed in Ramadi during fighting with Islamic State militants, according to their families, during funeral procession in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/ Jaber al-Helo)
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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan in June 2014. The soldier was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years after he walked away from his Army post in Afghanistan. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Signs direct people to the office of the Firearms Registration Unit at the District's Metropolitan Police Department headquarters. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Iraq's Shiite paramilitaries claimed to have taken charge of driving the Islamic State out from the western province of Anbar. However, Pentagon officials decry what they see as an unfocused White House plan to rout the terror group. (Reuters)
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Displaced Iraqi civilians from Ramadi stand in a refugee camp west of Baghdad. The Islamic State's rout of Ramadi exposed more than the Iraqi army's lack of will to fight. After months of U.S. and coalition airstrikes on Islamic State targets, U.S. surveillance and intelligence collection, and with senior American officers advising Iraqis at a joint command center, the battlefield outcome still was no better than the rout of Mosul. (Associated Press)
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China's Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun holds up a report on China's Military Strategy during a press conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. China’s military on Tuesday compared its controversial island-building in the South China Sea to ordinary construction such as road-building going on elsewhere in the country, trying to deflect criticism over an issue seen as inflaming tensions in the region. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Islamic State group members hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, while riding in Raqqa city in Syria. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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In this undated photo released by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, while riding in Raqqa city in Syria. The Islamic State group is notorious for the atrocities it committed as it overran much of Syria and neighboring Iraq. But to its supporters, it is engaged in an ambitious project: building a new nation ruled by what radicals see as "God's law," made up of Muslims from around the world whose old nationalities have been erased to unite in the "caliphate." (Militant website via AP)
