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FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 file photo, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, center, has her temperature taken by a Chinese soldier, left, before the opening of a new Ebola virus clinic sponsored by China, in Monrovia, Liberia. Liberia’s president says the country must and will get to zero Ebola cases. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made the comment Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, while appearing at an Armed Forces Day celebration. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh, File)
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Policemen stand guard at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. The State Department has closed the U.S. Embassy in Yemen and evacuated its staff because of the political crisis and security concerns following the takeover of much of the country by Shiite rebels. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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Afghan police officers hold a national flag as they celebrate after a graduation ceremony at a National Police training center in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Over a hundred national police officers graduated after receiving a two-month training program in Jalalabad. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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Policemen stand guard at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. The State Department has closed the U.S. Embassy in Yemen and evacuated its staff because of the political crisis and security concerns following the takeover of much of the country by Shiite rebels. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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Then-U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels in this Feb. 5, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2014 file photo, fighters from the Free Syrian Army, left, and the Kurdish People's Protection Units, center, join forces to fight Islamic State group militants in Kobani, Syria. Kurdish fighters in Syria have ambitions to become the chief force fighting Islamic State group extremists in the country - building on their victory in Kobani to ally with moderate rebels and push the jihadis ever further. They tout the alliance as a gamechanger in the Syria war as well: the emergence of the effective moderate rebel force that the West has been looking to ally with all along. (AP Photo/Jake Simkin, File)
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Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican, said that his hearings on homegrown Muslim terrorism in 2011 have been vindicated in the ensuing years after many American Muslims have traveled overseas to join the Islamic State organization's ongoing campaign of terror. (associated press)
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lead in: Story on A9. In this May 30, 2013, photo, Kayla Mueller is shown after speaking to a group in Prescott, Ariz. The parents of an American woman held by Islamic State militants say they have been notified of her death. Carl and Marsha Mueller, the parents of Kayla Jean Mueller, released a statement on Tuesday saying they have been told that she has died. The White House also issued a statement confirming her death.The Islamic State group said Friday that the 26-year-old Mueller from Prescott, Arizona, died in a Jordanian airstrike. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Matt Hinshaw) MANDATORY CREDIT (credit)
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Illustration on Boston's misleading model for security against muslim terror by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Staff Sergeant Steven Smith of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division, is welcomed home by his wife Jackie at Fort Stewart in Georgia after a deployment. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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In this May 30, 2013, photo, Kayla Mueller is shown after speaking to a group in Prescott, Ariz. The parents of an American woman held by Islamic State militants say they have been notified of her death. Carl and Marsha Mueller, the parents of Kayla Jean Mueller, released a statement on Tuesday saying they have been told that she has died. The White House also issued a statement confirming her death.The Islamic State group said Friday that the 26-year-old Mueller from Prescott, Arizona, died in a Jordanian airstrike. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Matt Hinshaw)
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Ukrainian government troops sit in the back of pick-up trucks as they pass a checkpoint near the town of Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015. The intense fighting, which the U.N. says has killed more than 5,300 people since April, comes ahead of a crucial summit including Western leaders on Wednesday as well as peace talks later Tuesday. The volunteer Azov battalion said on social media on Tuesday that it captured several villages northeast of the strategic port of Mariupol, pushing the rebels closer to the border with Russia. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, "There is a possibility to try and bring a cease-fire" in the Russian conflict with Ukraine. (associated press)
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U.S. Marines and South Korean soldiers take part in the annual Cobra Gold military exercises on Hat Yao beach in Chonburi province, Thailand, on Feb. 14, 2014. (Associated Press)
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Gen. Prayuth's bloodless coup last year has complicated Thailand's relationship with the United States, which is uncomfortable with the new regime and the protests against it. (associated press)
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L42A1 ENFIELD (U.K.) - The L42A1 was a British Army sniper rifle chambered for the 7.62mm NATO cartridge which entered service in 1970. It served until replacement by the Accuracy International L96 in 1985. It was the last model in a long and famous line of Lee bolt action rifles using the rear-locking action designed by James Paris Lee to serve the British Army, which had first entered service in the Lee-Metford rifle of 1888. During its British Army service, the L42A1 saw active service during several conflicts including the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman, The Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Falklands War and Gulf War. The L42A1 was a 7.62×51mm NATO conversion of the .303 British chambered Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk1 and No. 4 Mk1 WWII-era British sniper rifles, which had remained in service for some time after the L1A1 variant of the 7.62mm FN FAL replaced the No.4 Lee Enfield as the standard service rifle in 1957.
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Denis Cuspert, formerly known as German hip-hop artist Deso Dogg, joined the Islamic State terrorist group in 2012. (YouTube)
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M21 (U.S.A.) - The M21 Sniper Weapon System (SWS) is the semi-automatic sniper rifle adaptation of the M14 rifle. It is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. The United States Army wanted an accurate sniper rifle during the Vietnam War. The M14 was selected because of its accuracy, reliability, and the ability for a quick follow up shot. As a result, in 1969, the Rock Island Arsenal converted 1,435 National Match (target grade) M14s by adding a Leatherwood 3-9× Adjustable Ranging Telescope and providing National Match grade ammunition. This version, called the XM21, had a specially selected walnut stock and was first fielded in the second half of 1969. An improved version with a fiberglass stock was designated the M21 in 1975. The M21 remained the Army's primary sniper rifle until 1988, when it was replaced by the M24 Sniper Weapon System; some M21s were later re-issued and used in the Iraq War. Vietnam War era sniper rifles, US Army XM21 (top) and USMC M40 (bottom) In standard military use, the M21 uses a 20 round box magazine as the other members of the M14 family and weighs 11 pounds (5.27 kg) without the scope. The U.S. military never officially authorized or purchased magazines in any other capacity, although 5- and 10-round magazines are available. The M21A5 version is built by Smith Enterprise Inc. and is known commercially as the Crazy Horse rifle. The M21A5's metal components are cryogenically treated prior to assembly, which eliminates the need for bedding the stock with fiberglass. Additional upgrades include a completely adjustable trigger system (from 2.5 to 5 lbs) and an extended bolt handle for use in extreme cold environment. Vietnam War era sniper rifles, US Army XM21 (top) and USMC M40 (bottom)
