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US man captured by militia in Iraq released to UN
Mar 17th, 2012
Wearing a U.S. Army uniform and flanked by Iraqi lawmakers, an American citizen announced Saturday that he was being released from more than nine months of imprisonment by a Shiite militia that for years targeted U.S. troops. (Source: Associated Press) -
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