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Iraqi soldiers stand along a road close to their vehicle in the area of Ein Tamer which leads west out of the central Iraqi Shiite Muslim shrine city of Karbala towards the mainly Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah. The U.S. has stepped up military aid to the restive country. (AFP)
January 7th, 2014 - 06:31 GMT

U.S. speeds up military assistance to Iraq

The White House on Monday said that although fighting insurgents is not a job the U.S. can help Iraq with, it has sped up the delivery of military equipment to the violence-torn country.
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