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![Iraqi soldiers monitor a checkpoint East of Baghdad on January 10, 2014. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/000_Nic6283423.jpg?itok=TNowr3EO "Iraqi soldiers monitor a checkpoint East of Baghdad on January 10, 2014. [AFP]")
![Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/186572355.jpg?itok=QO8WyVWQ "Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki [Getty Images]")
