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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel
The reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as the first fuel is loaded, on August 21, 2010 in Bushehr, southern Iran. (IIPA via Getty Images)
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The reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as the first fuel is loaded, on August 21, 2010 in Bushehr, southern Iran. (IIPA via Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
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Members of the jihadist group Al-Nusra Front fire homemade mortar rounds during fighting with government forces on February 8, 2014 in the Syrian village of Aziza, on the southern outskirts of Aleppo. (BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Members of the jihadist group Al-Nusra Front fire homemade mortar rounds during fighting with government forces on February 8, 2014 in the Syrian village of Aziza, on the southern outskirts of Aleppo. (BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Principal, Uticensis Risk Services
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