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    • Week in Photos

    January 17, 2014

    7 days in 15 photos

    Liz Sullivan
    <p>In this Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 photo, gunmen hold their weapons as they patrol Fallujah, 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi airstrikes pounded a town near Fallujah that had been seized by al-Qaida linked militants and commandos swept in Wednesday to clear the area, senior military officials said. It was a rare victory for government forces that have been struggling for nearly three weeks to regain control of the mainly Sunni area west of Baghdad. (AP Photo)</p>

    In this Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 photo, gunmen hold their weapons as they patrol Fallujah, 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi airstrikes pounded a town near Fallujah that had been seized by al-Qaida linked militants and commandos swept in Wednesday to clear the area, senior military officials said. It was a rare victory for government forces that have been struggling for nearly three weeks to regain control of the mainly Sunni area west of Baghdad. (AP Photo)

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