Images from Iraq
![A member of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces stands guard during an intensive security deployment in Baghdad's Amiriya district, June 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/C29FA34C-9BE1-4AFA-A7C2-8B19306634AF_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces stands guard during an intensive security deployment in Baghdad's Amiriya district, June 18, 2014.
![Shi'ite volunteers who joined the Iraqi army to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant gesture with their weapons in Baghdad, June 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/53C97E36-3CFE-4D49-AE52-AA22F3E66527_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shi'ite volunteers who joined the Iraqi army to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant gesture with their weapons in Baghdad, June 18, 2014.
![A member of Iraqi security forces stands guard in front of volunteers who joined the army to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Baghdad, June 17, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/28F5DA25-5134-42C2-896B-57B818B5FFA7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of Iraqi security forces stands guard in front of volunteers who joined the army to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Baghdad, June 17, 2014.
![Shi'ite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Basra, Iraq, June 16, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/B6CD4626-A15E-45D3-B8A1-F829519A6F27_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shi'ite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Basra, Iraq, June 16, 2014.