WASHINGTON - JULY 24: United States President George W. Bush poses as he walks to the Oval Office after arriving from Charleston Air Force Base in Charleston, South Carolina to the White House on July 24, 2007 in Washington, DC. Bush is under increasing pressure to withdraw troops from Iraq as intelligence reports indicate that the war in Iraq is a recruiting ground for Al-Qaeda. Getty Images logo Getty Images 28 months ago

WASHINGTON - JULY 24: United States President George W. Bush poses as he walks to the Oval Office after arriving from Charleston Air Force Base in Charleston, South Carolina to the White House on July 24, 2007 in Washington, DC. Bush is under increasing pressure to withdraw troops from Iraq as intelligence reports indicate that the war in Iraq is a recruiting ground for Al-Qaeda.

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  13. Siti Rahma, wife of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top, in a black veil, is seen in Pontian, southern Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Tearful relatives of slain regional al-Qaida commander Noordin Top buried him in a traditional Muslim funeral at his boyhood village Friday, two weeks after Indonesian security forces killed him in a shootout.
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  15. J. Michael Dowling, lawyer for suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi, gestures during a press briefing after his client's appearance in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009.
  16. In this courtroom sketch of suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi is shown as he appears in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

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