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Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948

Sixty-five years ago this week, in the midst of a civil war and at the tail end of the decades-long British Mandate of Palestine, the state of Israel was born...

Into Baghdad

U.S. troops entered Iraq's capital this week. Their mission: show Saddam that U.S. tanks can penetrate his defenses at will

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