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Lt. Col. John C. Spahr's funeral procession moves through Arlington National Cemetery, May 18. Spahr, a 42-year-old Cherry Hill, N.J. native, died May 2, from injuries received when the F/A-18 Hornet he was piloting was involved in an aircraft mishap.
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Family, friends and fellow service members said goodbye to Lt. Col. John Charles Spahr during a burial ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, May 18. Spahr, a 42-year-old Cherry Hill, N.J. native, died May 2, from injuries received when the F/A-18 Hornet was piloting was involved in an aircraft mishap.
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During Operation New Market in Haditha, Iraq, Team 4, Detachment 4, 5th Civil Affairs Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD), led by Maj. Matthew D. Chisholm, visited Haditha Hospital. The team made assessments of damage done when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device was driven into an outer wall, causing damage to one wing of the hospital. According to Cmdr. David C. Lu, medical officer and civil affairs liaison, the team will work closely with Dr. Rafe, Director General of Health, Al Anbar province, and the Ministry of Health so the hospital can meet it's Level 3 status.
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During Operation New Market in Haditha, Iraq, Team 4, Detachment 4, 5th Civil Affairs Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD), led by Maj. M. Chisholm, visited Haditha Hospital. The team made assessments of damage done when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device was driven into an outer wall, causing damage to one wing of the hospital. According to Cmdr. D. Lu, medical officer and civil affairs liaison, the team will work closely with Dr. Rafe, Director General of Health, Al Anbar province, and the Ministry of Health so the hospital can meet it's Level 3 status.
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BASRA, Iraq: British soldiers guard their base in the southern city of Basra, 500 kms from Baghdad 01 June 2005. There are some 8000 British soldiers based here, making up part of the coalition troops which took part in the invasion of Iraq two years ago and which ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. AFP PHOTO/ESSAM AL-SUDANI
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BASRA, Iraq: A British soldier jumps off the roof in his base onto a parked jeep in the southern city of Basra, 500 kms from Baghdad 01 June 2005. There are some 8000 British soldiers based here, making up part of the coalition troops which took part in the invasion of Iraq two years ago and which ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. AFP PHOTO/ESSAM AL-SUDANI
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BASRA, Iraq: A British soldier rides in a truck in the southern city of Basra, 500 kms from Baghdad 01 June 2005. There are some 8000 British troops based here, making up part of the coalition troops which took part in the invasion of Iraq two years ago and which ousted dictator Saddam Hussein. AFP PHOTO/ESSAM AL-SUDANI
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BAGHDAD, Iraq: An Iraqi police officer walks towards US troops as they secure the airport road leading to Baghdad International Airport, west of the capital, following a car bomb 01 June 2005. Fifteen Iraqis were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack at the main civilian entrance to Baghdad airport security and medical sources said. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/***** Images)
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U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Isaiah Schaeffer keeps watch as his squad patrols the town of Ramadi in this picture taken on April 3 and released on April 6, 2005. When it comes to peace and stability in Iraq, there may be no greater obstacle to success than Anbar province, a vast region of desert and scrubland stretching west from Baghdad. A huge sandy expanse dissected by a major highway, an oil pipeline and the Euphrates river, Anbar has been the bane of U.S. forces almost since they arrived, with its Sunni Arab people virulently opposed to the presence of foreign troops. Photo by Handout/*******
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Iraqi security officer guard suspected militants arrested during a raid in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib suburb Wednesday, June 1, 2005. Iraqi authorities are trying to take the fight to insurgents, who have launched attacks that have killed at least 765 people, including U.S. military personnel, since Iraq's new government was announced April 28. (AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)
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Iraqi National Guard soldiers receive instructions from their commander during Operation Lightning in Baghdad's district of Al Hureea June 1, 2005. Iraqi forces on Sunday launched their biggest security crackdown since the fall of Saddam Hussein with the start of a sweep by over 40,000 Iraqi troops who will seal off Baghdad and hunt for insurgents. *******/Thaier Al-Sudani
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Iraqi National Guard soldiers scale a wall during Operation Lightning in Baghdad's district of Al Hureea June 1, 2005. Iraqi forces on Sunday launched their biggest security crackdown since the fall of Saddam Hussein with the start of a sweep by over 40,000 Iraqi troops who will seal off Baghdad and hunt for insurgents.
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An Iraqi man shakes hands with a National Guard soldier who searched his house during Operation Lightning in Baghdad's district of Al Hureea June 1, 2005. Iraqi forces on Sunday launched their biggest security crackdown since the fall of Saddam Hussein with the start of a sweep by over 40,000 Iraqi troops who will seal off Baghdad and hunt for insurgents. *******/Thaier Al-Sudani
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An Iraqi man looks for his handgun registration while a National Guard soldier searches his house during Operation Lightning in Baghdad's district of Al Hureea June 1, 2005. Iraqi forces on Sunday launched their biggest security crackdown since the fall of Saddam Hussein with the start of a sweep by over 40,000 Iraqi troops who will seal off Baghdad and hunt for insurgents. *******/Thaier Al-Sudani
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Iraqi National Guard soldiers man a pick-up truck during Operation Lightning in Baghdad's district of Al Hureea June 1, 2005. Iraqi forces on Sunday launched their biggest security crackdown since the fall of Saddam Hussein with the start of a sweep by over 40,000 Iraqi troops who will seal off Baghdad and hunt for insurgents. *******/Thaier Al-Sudani
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Iraqi security forces celebrate after a raid in the town of al-Hartha, north of Basra, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani)
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Iraqi soldiers chase gunmen during Operation Lightning in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib district in this handout photo released on June 1, 2005. Iraqi forces on Sunday launched their biggest security crackdown since the fall of Saddam Hussein with the start of a sweep by over 40,000 Iraqi troops who will seal off Baghdad and hunt for insurgents. *******/HO/U.S. Photo by ******* (Handout)
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A man checks a car damaged in an explosion as two US soldiers stand by after a suicide bomber targeting American forces exploded his vehicle near the heavily guarded main checkpoint to Baghdad International Airport Wednesday June 1, 2005. At least three Iraqi Airways employees waiting to go to work were wounded. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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In this photo made available by the Italian army, Italian soldiers carry the coffins of the four Italian soldiers killed when an Italian military AB 412 helicopter crashed Tuesday about 13 km (8 miles) southeast of Nasiryah, to the funeral chamber set up at the Italian military base of Camp Mittica, in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, Wednesday, June 1, 2005. The bodies are expected to return to Italy on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said. (AP Photo/Italian Army, HO)
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In this photo made available by the Italian army, the coffins of the four Italian soldiers, killed when an Italian military AB 412 helicopter crashed Tuesday about 13 km (8 miles) southeast of Nasiryah, lay in state in a funeral chamber set up at the Italian military base of Camp Mittica, in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq, Wednesday, June 1, 2005. The bodies are expected to return to Italy on Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said. (AP Photo/Italian Army, HO)
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Canadian Soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol the streets of Kabul, 01June May 2005. A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 27 people including the police chief of the capital Kabul, witnesses and officials told AFP. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai
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An Afghan policeman walks out of a mosque after a suicide bomb attack in the southern city of Kandahar June 1, 2005. The police chief of Afghanistan's capital Kabul, Akram Khakreezwal, was among 19 people killed in a suicide bomb blast at a mosque on June 1, 2005 as mourners gathered to pay respects to an assassinated anti-Taliban cleric. Photo by *******
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Afghan paramilitary soldiers patrol the Kandahar-Chaman highway after a suicide bomb blast in Kandahar June 1, 2005. An Afghan police chief was among at least 14 people killed in a suicide bomb blast at a mosque on Wednesday as mourners gathered to pay respects to an assassinated anti-Taliban cleric. (Str/Pakistan/*******)
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Indonesia soldiers show ammunition and a Free Aceh Movement flag confiscated following a gun fight with the rebels in Ujung Pancu village, in the outskirt of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Wednesday, June 1, 2005. Nationalist lawmakers on Wednesday slammed Indonesia's moves to make peace with rebels in Aceh province, saying they don't believe the guerrillas intend to drop their separatist goals despite their latest talks with the government. Rebels in Aceh have been fighting for independence since 1976 in a conflict that has killed at least 15,000 people since 1990. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: Brazilian soldier of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force is positioned on a street during a fire at a market 31 May 2005 in Port-au-Prince, where at least two people were killed by gunfire. According to merchants in the market, there were several victims, both dead and wounded, and much property damage. The violence, blamed on backers of ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide, occurred near Cite Soleil, where one of Port-au-Prince's largest shanty towns is home to 300,000 persons. The gunshots and fire prompted large traffic jams in the capital, as drivers fled downtown. AFP PHOTO/Thony BELIZAIRE
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: The body of a young student lies before United Nations Peacekeepers following disturbances 31 May 2005 in Port-au-Prince. According to merchants, there were several victims, both dead and wounded, and much property damage. The violence, blamed on backers of ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide, occurred near Cite Soleil, where one of Port-au-Prince's largest shanty towns is home to 300,000 persons. The gunshots and a large fire at a market prompted large traffic jams in the capital, as drivers fled downtown. AFP PHOTO/Thony BELIZAIRE
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: Brazilian soldiers of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force take up positions on a street during a fire at a market 31 May 2005 in Port-au-Prince, where at least two people were killed by gunfire. According to merchants in the market, there were several victims, both dead and wounded, and much property damage. The violence, blamed on backers of ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide, occurred near Cite Soleil, where one of Port-au-Prince's largest shanty towns is home to 300,000 persons. The gunshots and fire prompted large traffic jams in the capital, as drivers fled downtown. AFP PHOTO/Thony BELIZAIRE
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Pakistani soldiers blindfold a man suspected of disrupting traffic during a strike in Karachi June 1, 2005. Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's leading mainstream Islamist party, called a strike in Karachi on Wednesday to protest the government's failure to prevent recent violence, that included the assassination of its deputy chief in the city on Monday. *******/Zahid Hussein
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Pakistani soldiers arrest a suspect for disrupting traffic during a strike in Karachi June 1, 2005. Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's leading mainstream Islamist party, called a strike in Karachi on Wednesday to protest the government's failure to prevent recent violence, that included the assassination of its deputy chief in the city on Monday. *******/Zahid Hussein
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A Kyrgyz soldier cleans up a pavement, while others rest after a storming of the Supreme Court building in Bishkek, Kyrgyz capital, Wednesday, June 1, 2005. Hundreds of people, some throwing stones, broke into the Kyrgyz Supreme Court on Wednesday and evicted activists who had occupied the building for more than a month in a protest on behalf of five losing parliamentary candidates. (AP Photo/Vlad Ushakov)
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Smoke and flames from a fire. An Israeli man angry with his wife over money matters set fire to three million shekels (680,000 dollars) on the lawn of his affluent suburban home.(AFP/File/Aamir Qureshi)
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The outgoing Israeli army Chief of Staff Moshe Yaalon (R) reviews female honour guards as he leaves Kirya headquarters army base in Tel Aviv June 1, 2005 in this Israeli Defence Force handout picture. *******/IDF/Handout
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Israeli troops advance towards demonstrating Palestinians during a protest against Israel's West Bank barrier at the village of Beit Surik, near Jerusalem, June 1, 2005. Photo by Mahfouz Abu Turk/*******
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Israeli soldiers patrol the Jewish settlement of Rafiah Yam in the southern Gaza Strip, after hearing a report that shots had been fired at the settlement early Wednesday, June 1, 2005. Israel will evacuate all twenty-one Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in the West Bank under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan later this summer. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
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A German special police sniper observes the Holocaust memorial site during the arrival of Israeli President Moshe Katsav in Berlin June 1, 2005. Israel is concerned by signs of anti-Semitism in Germany but recognises official determination to combat it, visiting Israeli President Moshe Katsav said on Monday.Katsav is on an official visit to Germany. *******/Michael Dalder
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A white tent (R) placed at the Holocaust memorial site to protect Israeli President Moshe Katsav from snipers is pictured in Berlin June 1, 2005. Israel is concerned by signs of anti-Semitism in Germany but recognises official determination to combat it, visiting Israeli President Moshe Katsav said on Monday. *******/Michael Dalder
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Israel's President Moshe Katsav, right, and his wife Gila visit the holocaust memorial in Berlin on Wednesday, June 1, 2005. (AP Photo/Michael Kappeler, Pool)
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Army soldiers escort the remains of Major Nizam Muthalif, covered in green cloth, during his funeral procession in Mount Lavinia, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, June 1, 2005. Muthalif, a senior military intelligence official, was killed by suspected Tamil Tiger rebel gunmen at a busy street corner on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Thai soldiers examine the site of a bomb blast in Bacho district. Gunmen have shot dead a Muslim village headman and a bomb blast has wounded a Buddhist monk and four soldiers in the latest violence to hit Thailand's troubled south(AFP/Madaree Tohlala)
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A young Thai Marine escorts Buddhist monks on their morning rounds in this Nov. 11, 2004 file photo in Bacho, Thailand. On Wednesday, June 1, 2005, a Buddhist monk and five soldiers were wounded in separate bomb attacks in Thailand's troubled south, where violence largely blamed on an Islamic insurgency has claimed more than 860 lives since early last year. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
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Indian soldiers in Kashmir. Twelve Islamic militants, four Indian troops and a civilian have been killed in an upsurge of violence in Kashmir.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)
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A British soldier is seen here in Basra, Iraq in April 2005. While it has long been associated with distressing psychological condition such as shell shock, war can sometimes be good for a soldier's mental health, according to a British study(AFP/File)