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Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Labid Abbawi, right, shakes hands ... |
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11/23/2008 06:05 AM |
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(AP) - Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Labid Abbawi, right, shakes hands with Jalal Fayrouznya, left, the head of the Middle East department at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, during the opening session of a two-day meeting of Iraq's neighbors to discuss security , in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Nov. 23, 2008. The two-day gathering of the Security Committee for Coordination and Cooperation on Iraq comes only days before Iraq's parliament will vote on a proposed pact that would allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years. Syria's interior minister Bassam Abdul-Majid said a meeting on Iraq's security being held in Damascus must come up with an assertion that Iraq will not be used to launch hostile acts against its neighbors. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
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Syrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majid speaks during a ... |
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11/23/2008 05:25 AM |
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(AFP) - Syrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdel Majid speaks during a meeting of the Iraqi Neighbours Border Security Working Group in Damascus. A high-level meeting to discuss security in Iraq opened in Damascus less than a month after US soldiers raided a Syrian village in a hunt for a "facilitator" of foreign fighters entering Iraq.(AFP/null)
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File photo shows a US soldier in a watch tower in a patrol base ... |
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11/22/2008 10:20 PM |
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(AFP/File) - File photo shows a US soldier in a watch tower in a patrol base in al-Adwaniyah on the southern outskirts of Baghdad. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)
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A soldier greets his wife after a homecoming ceremony in Fort ... |
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11/22/2008 10:20 PM |
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A soldier greets his wife after a homecoming ceremony in Fort Lewis, Washington in mid-November. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Brashear)
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US soldiers stand guard in the northern city of Mosul. Dismantling ... |
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11/22/2008 10:20 PM |
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(AFP/File) - US soldiers stand guard in the northern city of Mosul. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)
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Iraqi and US soldiers in the northern city of Mosul. Dismantling ... |
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11/22/2008 10:20 PM |
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(AFP/File) - Iraqi and US soldiers in the northern city of Mosul. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)
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Sharri Regalado holds her 3-month-old daughter Jaimie, who, ... |
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11/22/2008 07:04 PM |
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(AP) - Sharri Regalado holds her 3-month-old daughter Jaimie, who, at Sharri's request, is presented a flag that covered the casket of Sharri's late husband, Jose Regalado, at funeral services at Holy Cross Cemetery in Pomona, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. The Department of Defense reported that Sgt. Jose Regalado, 23, of Los Angeles, was one of two soldiers killed in Mosul, Iraq, when an Iraqi Army soldier wearing a uniform approached the men and opened fire on Nov. 12. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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The funeral procession for Jose Regalado heads east on the San ... |
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11/22/2008 07:00 PM |
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(AP) - The funeral procession for Jose Regalado heads east on the San Bernardino Freeway in West Covina, Calif., enroute to burial at Holy Cross Cemetery in Pomona, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. The Department of Defense reported that Sgt. Jose Regalado, 23, of Los Angeles, was one of two soldiers killed in Mosul, Iraq, when an Iraqi Army soldier wearing a uniform approached the men and opened fire on Nov. 12. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Sharri Regalado adds a flower to those left by many others on ... |
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11/22/2008 06:58 PM |
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(AP) - Sharri Regalado adds a flower to those left by many others on the grave of her husband, Jose Regalado, after funeral services and burial at Holy Cross Cemetery in Pomona, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. The Department of Defense reported that Sgt. Jose Regalado, 23, of Los Angeles, was one of two soldiers killed in Mosul, Iraq, when an Iraqi Army soldier wearing a uniform approached the men and opened fire on Nov. 12. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Sharri Regalado touches the casket of her late husband, Jose ... |
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11/22/2008 06:57 PM |
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(AP) - Sharri Regalado touches the casket of her late husband, Jose Regalado, at funeral services at Holy Cross Cemetery in Pomona, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. The Department of Defense reported that Sgt. Jose Regalado, 23, of Los Angeles, was one of two soldiers killed in Mosul, Iraq, when an Iraqi Army soldier wearing a uniform approached the men and opened fire on Nov. 12. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Iraqi Defence Minister Abdel Qader Jassim al-Obeidi, seen here ... |
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11/22/2008 02:29 PM |
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(AFP/File) - Iraqi Defence Minister Abdel Qader Jassim al-Obeidi, seen here in 2007, warned on Saturday that the Gulf would be infested by pirates and Iraq left at risk of attack by its neighbours if US forces leave the country too soon.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)
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A guard escorts suspected terrorists at the Iraqi National Police ... |
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11/22/2008 12:26 PM |
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(AP) - A guard escorts suspected terrorists at the Iraqi National Police headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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A US soldier jokes with an Iraqi infant during a joint security ... |
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11/22/2008 12:11 PM |
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(AFP) - A US soldier jokes with an Iraqi infant during a joint security operation by Iraqi and US soldiers in Mosul. Iraq's parliament is to vote on Wednesday on a pact that will see US forces leave the war-torn country by the end of 2011.(AFP/Mujahed Mohammed)
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Purple smoke rises from a grenade as two helicopters arrive ... |
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11/22/2008 12:11 PM |
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(AFP/File) - Purple smoke rises from a grenade as two helicopters arrive for waiting US soldiers on the outskirts of Baghdad in May 2008. The Iraqi parliament will vote on November 26 on a controversial pact that will see US forces leave the war-torn country by the end of 2011.(AFP/File/Mauricio Lima)
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A PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) militant at a guerilla training ... |
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11/22/2008 10:44 AM |
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(AFP/File) - A PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) militant at a guerilla training camp in the Haqourki mountains near Diana, Iraq. The PKK has claimed responsibility for an explosion at an oil pipeline linking Iraq with southern Turkey.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)
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Iraqi police and civilians examine human remains found in mass ... |
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11/22/2008 09:52 AM |
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(AP) - Iraqi police and civilians examine human remains found in mass grave near Latifiyah, 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Iraqi police say they have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of at least 10 people south of Baghdad. The victims' hands were bound and they had been shot in the head, execution-style. Authorities believe the people were killed about two years ago by al-Qaida in Iraq. (AP Photo/ Loay Hameed)
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Iraqi police and civilians examine human remains found in mass ... |
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11/22/2008 09:31 AM |
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(AP) - Iraqi police and civilians examine human remains found in mass grave near Latifiyah, 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Iraqi police say they have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of at least 10 people south of Baghdad. The victims' hands were bound and they had been shot in the head, execution-style. Authorities believe the people were killed about two-years ago. (AP Photo/ Loay Hameed)
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Iraqi police and civilians stand at the site of a mass grave ... |
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11/22/2008 09:31 AM |
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(AP) - Iraqi police and civilians stand at the site of a mass grave near Latifiyah, 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Iraqi police say they have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of at least 10 people south of Baghdad. The victims' hands were bound and they had been shot in the head, execution-style. Authorities believe the people were killed about two years ago. (AP Photo/ Loay Hameed)
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An Iraqi boy plays with a stray puppy dog in Baghdad, Iraq, ... |
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11/22/2008 09:29 AM |
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(AP) - An Iraqi boy plays with a stray puppy dog in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Baghdad authorities announced a campaign on Thursday to kill stray dogs who roam the Iraqi capital in packs, after a spate of fatal dog attacks left children in some neighborhoods fearful of going outside.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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An Iraqi policeman and a civilian carry away human remains found ... |
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11/22/2008 09:29 AM |
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(AP) - An Iraqi policeman and a civilian carry away human remains found in mass grave near Latifiyah, 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Iraqi police say they have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of at least 10 people south of Baghdad. The victims' hands were bound and they had been shot in the head, execution-style. Authorities believe the people were killed about two years-ago. (AP Photo/ Loay Hameed)
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Iraqis watch a session of parliament as it debates a U.S.-Iraqi ... |
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11/22/2008 08:48 AM |
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(AP) - Iraqis watch a session of parliament as it debates a U.S.-Iraqi security pact on television in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Saturday's session is being shown live on national television and has been orderly so far. Chaotic scenes marred debate earlier this week when opposition lawmakers loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr disrupted the proceedings. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqis watch a session of parliament as it debates a U.S.-Iraqi ... |
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11/22/2008 08:47 AM |
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(AP) - Iraqis watch a session of parliament as it debates a U.S.-Iraqi security pact on television in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Saturday's session is being shown live on national television and has been orderly so far. Chaotic scenes marred debate earlier this week when opposition lawmakers loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr disrupted the proceedings. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi policemen carry a body bag containing a decomposing body ... |
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11/22/2008 08:37 AM |
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(Reuters) - Iraqi policemen carry a body bag containing a decomposing body found in a shallow grave in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. According to an Iraqi police officer, 10 decomposing bodies with bullet holes in their heads and hands bound were exhumed from a shallow mass grave in Iskandariya on Saturday. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)
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Iraqi policemen carry a body bag containing a decomposing body ... |
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11/22/2008 08:36 AM |
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(Reuters) - Iraqi policemen carry a body bag containing a decomposing body found in a shallow grave in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. According to an Iraqi police officer, 10 decomposing bodies with bullet holes in their heads and hands bound, were exhumed from a shallow mass grave in Iskandariya on Saturday. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)
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U.S. soldiers give chewing gum to children during a patrol in ... |
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11/22/2008 08:22 AM |
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(Reuters) - U.S. soldiers give chewing gum to children during a patrol in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)
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Demonstrators take to the streets to support the Iraqi government's ... |
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11/22/2008 08:21 AM |
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(Reuters) - Demonstrators take to the streets to support the Iraqi government's security pact with the U.S. military during a rally in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ)
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A U.S. soldier takes photograph of a colleague and a local tribal ... |
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11/22/2008 07:34 AM |
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(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier takes photograph of a colleague and a local tribal leader during the opening of a local city council office in Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ)
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A U.S. soldier stands guard in front of an Iraqi national flag ... |
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11/22/2008 07:29 AM |
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(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier stands guard in front of an Iraqi national flag painted on a wall during the opening of a local city council office in Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad, November 22, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ)
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Kurds hold a demonstration against violent attacks against women ... |
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11/22/2008 06:34 AM |
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(AFP) - Kurds hold a demonstration against violent attacks against women in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah on November 21. Parliament in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan is preparing to outlaw female circumcision, according to a woman MP and doctor who has long battled to halt the widespread practice.(AFP/Shwan Mohammed)
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A boy looks at a police officer during a raid in southwestern ... |
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11/22/2008 05:59 AM |
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(Reuters) - A boy looks at a police officer during a raid in southwestern Baghdad's Amil district November 22, 2008. Two suspected insurgents were arrested by Iraqi police and 20 weapons were recovered during raids and weapons search operations in southwestern Baghdad on Saturday, police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)
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An Iraqi soldier searches a house during a raid in southwestern ... |
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11/22/2008 05:59 AM |
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(Reuters) - An Iraqi soldier searches a house during a raid in southwestern Baghdad's Amil district November 22, 2008. Two suspected insurgents were arrested by Iraqi police and 20 weapons were recovered during raids and weapons search operations in southwestern Baghdad on Saturday, police said. REUTERS/Bassim Shati (IRAQ)
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U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry ... |
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11/21/2008 08:16 PM |
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(AP) - U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment walk near an Iraqi old man during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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U.S. Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry ... |
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11/21/2008 08:15 PM |
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(AP) - U.S. Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment secure the area from the top floor of a house during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry ... |
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11/21/2008 08:08 PM |
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(AP) - A U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment stands as two Iraqi boys look on during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A U.S. Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th ... |
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11/21/2008 07:59 PM |
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(AP) - A U.S. Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment secures the area as Iraqi women with their kids pass by during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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U.S Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry ... |
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11/21/2008 07:43 PM |
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(AP) - U.S Army soldiers of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment search a motorcycle during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry ... |
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11/21/2008 07:41 PM |
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(AP) - A U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment body searches an Iraqi man during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry ... |
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11/21/2008 07:40 PM |
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(AP) - A U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment is reflected on a window of a barber shop during a joint U.S.-Iraqi army patrol in Taharir neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Iraqi soldiers check a demonstrator holding a poster of Shi'ite ... |
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11/21/2008 06:34 AM |
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(Reuters) - Iraqi soldiers check a demonstrator holding a poster of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr before entering the rally site at al-Firdous square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. (Mushtaq Muhammed/Reuters)
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An Iraqi soldier looks at demonstrators gathered at a rally ... |
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11/21/2008 04:29 PM |
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(Reuters) - An Iraqi soldier looks at demonstrators gathered at a rally through a pair of binoculars at al-Firdous square in Baghdad November 21, 2008. (Mushtaq Muhammed/Reuters)
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Iraq's presidential council demanded on Friday that Prime ... |
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11/21/2008 02:40 PM |
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(AFP/HO) - Iraq's presidential council demanded on Friday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, seen here on November 20, 2008, suspend pro-government tribal councils so their legality could be reviewed amid an escalating quarrel over them.(AFP/HO)
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Madison Lutes, 7, runs to greet her dad, Army Capt. Jaymes Lutes ... |
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11/21/2008 12:33 PM |
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(AP) - Madison Lutes, 7, runs to greet her dad, Army Capt. Jaymes Lutes as he leads his unit into the hanger at the Arizona National Guard's 161st refueling Wing at Sky Harbor International Airport early Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 in Phoenix. Lutes is a member of the 996th Area Support Medical Company arriving home after serving one year in Iraq. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano speaks with Army Spec. Daniel ... |
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11/21/2008 12:31 PM |
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(AP) - Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano speaks with Army Spec. Daniel Marshall at the Arizona Air Guard's 161st refueling Wing at Sky Harbor International Airport early Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 in Phoenix. Napolitano was welcoming home Marshall and other members of the 996th Area Support Medical Company arriving home after serving one year in Iraq. Napolitano is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to run the Department of Homeland Security. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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A US marine checks a map on a laptop while snipers fire at insurgents ... |
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11/21/2008 12:26 PM |
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(AFP/File) - A US marine checks a map on a laptop while snipers fire at insurgents in Iraq. China has developed a sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressional panel has warned.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)
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Iraqi soldiers take position in central Baghdad. Thousands of ... |
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11/21/2008 11:03 AM |
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(AFP) - Iraqi soldiers take position in central Baghdad. Thousands of Shiite followers of the firebrand anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad to protest a security accord that would allow US troops to remain in Iraq until 2011.(AFP/Ali Yussef)
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An Iraqi Shiite uses a slipper to hit the face of an effigy ... |
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11/21/2008 11:03 AM |
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(AFP) - An Iraqi Shiite uses a slipper to hit the face of an effigy of US President George W. Bush in central Baghdad. Thousands of Shiite followers of the firebrand anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad to protest a security accord that would allow US troops to remain in Iraq until 2011.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)
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Iraqi Shiites protest in central Baghdad. Thousands of Shiite ... |
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11/21/2008 11:03 AM |
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