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Uunited States military personnel are pictured at Al Udeid military base, Qatar, October 9, 2002. The United States said on Wednesday it was lobbying Qatar to allow American forces to hit Iraq
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AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar – Chaplains Maj. Christopher Bryan, 35th Engineer Brigade, and Capt. Charles Dey, 131st Bomb Wing Missouri Air National Guard; and Staff Sgt. Gessee Luos, with the 35th
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