Iraq

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Author and photographer, Greg E. Mathieson Sr. stands in a dust storm at the secluded US Navy SEAL base in Fallujah, Iraq while producing exclusive material for the newly released book, US Naval Special Warfare / US Navy SEALs. Photo: (C) 2011 Greg E. Mathieson Sr. / NSW Publications, LLC

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Iraqi security forces queue to vote at a polling center during the early voting in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 13, 2013. Voters head to the polls next week for the first time since the U.S. military withdrawal. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

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Secretary of State John F. Kerry urged Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday to step up efforts to ensure Iranian flights over Iraq do not carry military aid to Syria. Only two planes reportedly have been inspected since July. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (right) meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Sunday, March 24, 2013. Mr. Kerry, on an unannounced visit to Iraq, was expected to urge Mr. al-Maliki to make sure Iranian flights over Iraq do not carry arms and fighters to Syria, a U.S. official said. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

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** FILE ** In this Friday, July 20, 2012, file photo, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al Qaeda members are led away to detention centers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, Iraq. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani, File)

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Stuart Bowen, special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, gestures during an interview in his office in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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**FILE** People arrive at Basra airport in Iraq on June 4, 2005, on the first commercial Iraqi Airways flight from Baghdad since Basra's airport came under British control following the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** The al-Waha Oil Co. in southern Iraq is an affiliate of China’s state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. Most of Iraq’s oil production is expected to be funneled to China and other expanding Asian markets rather than the U.S. and Europe. (Associated Press)

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Iraqi civilians and security forces inspect a crater caused by a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, 180 miles north of Baghdad, on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)