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Iraq's Prime Minister al-Maliki shakes hands with visiting U.S. Defence Secretary Gates during meeting in Baghdad
15 Sep 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) shakes hands with visiting U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates during their meeting in the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad September 15, 2008. The new U.S. military commander in Iraq must find ways to keep improving security while American troop levels are falling, Gates said on Monday as two Baghdad bombings underlined the scale of the task. At centre is an Iraqi translator. REUTERS/Iraqi Government/Handout (IRAQ)
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Demonstrators display anti-U.S. military placards during a protest in Kufa, 120 km (75 miles) south of Baghdad September 26, 2008. Placards read, "Iraq will not become a U.S. colony". REUTERS/Ali Abu ...




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