Iraqi volunteers wearing their new uniforms cheer as they gather at a center following a speech by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki who announced that the Iraqi government would arm and equip civilians who volunteer to fight against jihadists militants, on June 16, 2014, in the central Shiite Muslim Shrine city of Karbala. Since June 10, militants led by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadist group have taken control of vast swathes of territory of north and north-central Iraq. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images)
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