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I'm a Police Officer

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 20 September 2007 The Pentagon says an Iranian operative captured in Iraq on Thursday and accused of helping Iraqi insurgents was acting under orders from the elite Quds Force. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. The U.S.

Russia-China joint naval exercise starts

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