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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.
Sub-Saharan African migrants are rescued by the Libyan coastguard after their inflatable boat started to sink off the coastal town of Guarabouli, November 20, 2014. There were 108 people rescued from the sinking raft. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Sub-Saharan African migrants are rescued by the Libyan coastguard after their inflatable boat started to sink off the coastal town of Guarabouli, November 20, 2014. There were 108 people rescued from the sinking raft. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian protesters hurl rocks at an Israeli armoured vehicle (background) during clashes next to the Jewish settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah on October 19, 2015. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Palestinian protesters hurl rocks at an Israeli armoured vehicle (background) during clashes next to the Jewish settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah on October 19, 2015. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
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