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EBRAHIM BEN ALI, IRAQ - APRIL 11: Volunteers from the Shia Badr Brigade gather after an exchange of fire with ISIS fighters on the frontline on April 11, 2015 in Ebrahim Ben Ali, in Anbar Province, Iraq. Shia militia and Iraqi government troops are preparing for an assault on ISIS forces in Anbar, much of which was captured by ISIS forces last year. Anbar Province was the site of the some of the fiercest fighting between U.S. and insurgent forces before American troops withdrew in 2010. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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BENGHAZI, LIBYA - MARCH 01: A rebel recruit tears up during his first day of military training at a rebel militia center on March 1, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. Supporters of the Libyan opposition, which controls Benghazi and most of eastern Libya, have been eager to join militia groups, which have been fighting the forces of President Muammar Gaddafi to the west near the capitol Tripoli. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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