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Calm before the storm

, March 2, 2015

An Iraqi soldier rests on a wall at Udhaim dam, north of Baghdad on March 1. Iraqi soldiers and pro-government Shi'ite militias had been massing in preparation for an attack on Islamic State strongholds along the Tigris River to the north and south of Tikrit, hometown of executed former president Saddam Hussein.  Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani
 




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