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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr smash a symbolic British flag as they celebrate the U.S. withdrawal in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. The U.S. completed its military withdrawal from Iraq in December 2011, but Sadrist lawmaker...

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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, depicted in poster being held, chant anti-U.S. slogans in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. The U.S. completed its military withdrawal from Iraq in December 2011, but Sadrist lawmaker Jawad...

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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, seen in the poster, chant anti-U.S. slogans and wave Iraqi flags as they celebrate the U.S. withdrawal in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. The U.S. completed its military withdrawal from Iraq in...

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An Iraqi flag waves as U.S. Army soldiers make final preparations before leaving Operating Site Echo, in Diwaniyah, 120 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008...

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An Iraqi soldier speaks with U.S. Army soldiers before they leave Operating Site Echo, in Diwaniyah, 120 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008 security agreement...

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An Iraqi army soldier, right, and a U.S. Army soldier chat next to the Iraqi national flag during a handover ceremony at Operating Site Echo, in Diwaniyah, 120 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end...

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Iraqi navy crew stand at attention during the handover ceremony at Iraq's southern province of Basra, December 1, 2011. Iraqi navy forces assumed complete security responsibility from U.S. navy in southern ports of Iraq in Um Qasr on Thursday, weeks ahead of an anticipated withdrawal...

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks to Iraq's President Jalal Talabani during his visit to Baghdad November 30, 2011. Joe Biden said on Wednesday the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq opened a new phase in relations between the two countries, including a robust security partnership.

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during a joint news conference in Baghdad November 30, 2011. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq opened a new phase in relations between the two countries,...

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Gen. Lloyd Austin the top U.S. commander in Iraq eats Thanksgiving meal at Contingency Operating Site Echo, in Diwaniyah, 120 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008...

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Iraqi pilots stand on the tarmac in front of a U.S. F16 jet at al-Asad Air Base west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 8 , 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008 security agreement between Washington and Baghdad. Some 39,000 U.S....

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A U.S. military helicopter flies over the Ramadi desert, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 1 , 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008 security agreement between Washington and Baghdad. Some 39,000 U.S. troops are scheduled to clear out along...

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Relatives of Saif Ali, 46, who was killed in a car bomb attack, take his body for burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives packed car near a funeral procession in...

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Massud Barzani, the president of north Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, speaks to press following a meeting with foreign representatives of Kurdistan, in the northern city of Arbil, on September 6, 2011, calling for US forces to stay in Iraq past 2011 to avoid civil war, and...

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Members and supporters of the Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party carry a poster of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Iraqi flags as they shout slogans against the U.S. during a march in front of the U.S. embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, to...

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Members and supporters of the Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party shout slogans against the U.S. during a march in front of the U.S. embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, to celebrate the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. The party is a branch of the...

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Members and supporters of the Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party carry a poster of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Iraqi flags as they shout slogans against the U.S. during a march in front of the U.S. embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, to...

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A Lebanese boy carries a picture of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during a march in front of the U.S. embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, to celebrate the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. The party is a branch of the late Iraqi leader Saddam...

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Foreign and finance minsiters from the six Gulf nations hold a meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh on December 18, 2011, ahead of a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders the following day which is expected to focus on accelerating regional turmoil and fears of Iran's growing...

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Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan (R) and Finance Minister Obaid al-Tayer attend a ministerial meeting the six Gulf nations in the Saudi capital Riyadh on December 18, 2011, ahead of a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders the following day which...

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Saudi Arabiai's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal (R) sits next to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General, Abdul Latif al-Zayani (L), during a ministerial meeting the six Gulf nations in the Saudi capital Riyadh on December 18, 2011, ahead of a summit of the GCC leaders...

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United States military officers welcome vehicles entering Kuwait during their withdrawal from Iraq December 18, 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and...

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Kuwaiti and U.S. soldiers close the border gate after the last vehicle crossed into Kuwait during the US miltary's withdrawal from Iraq December 18, 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and...

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A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter seen at the Operating Site Echo, in Diwaniyah, 120 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008 security agreement between Washington...

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U.S. Army soldiers make final preparations before leaving Operating Site Echo, in Diwaniyah, 120 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008 security agreement between...