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7 Shiite Pilgrims Die in Crash in S. Iraq; Bus Hit Stopped British Military Vehicle

Feb. 19, 2009
BAGHDAD, Feb. 18 -- Seven Shiite pilgrims were killed Tuesday night in the southern Iraqi city of Basra when their bus slammed into an armored British military vehicle, authorities said Wednesday.
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic