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8 die in Baghdad bank robbery

Jul. 28, 2009
Iraqi officials say insurgents may be behind the robbery, in which nearly $7 million was stolen, and other thefts as a way to fund their activities. Thieves killed eight security guards and made off with nearly $7 million in a bank heist early today that could have been the work of insurgents,...
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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