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.