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Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Dec 19, 2022

Governor Rakan al-Jabouri (C) attends the repatriation ceremony for members of Iraq's federal police members who were killed in suspected IS attack, at Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq on December 18, 2022. (Photo by MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP via Getty Images) — Governor Rakan al-Jabouri (C) attends the repatriation ceremony for members of Iraq's federal police members who were killed in a suspected IS attack, at Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq on Dec. 18, 2022. — MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP via Getty Images

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