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Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq organization are seen here Sept. 11, 2012, inside the Liberty refugee camp in Baghdad. (Associated Press)

U.S. to take Iranian dissident group off terrorist list

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Robert Stephen Beecroft listens Sept. 19, 2012, during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on Capitol Hill on his nomination to be ambassador to Iraq. (Associated Press)

Diplomat hits Iranian weapons flights to Syria

By Keely Brazil - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2012, file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashes a victory sign in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran relies on neighbors to beat sanctions

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

As new vets go online, VA and others follow

By DAN ELLIOTT - Associated Press

Camp Liberty residents, Iranian dissidents given refuge by Saddam Hussein years ago, hold banners and chant during a tour for foreign diplomats given by the Iraqi government. They want to return to their previous home, Camp Ashraf, but the Iraqi government wants them out of the country. (Associated Press)

Diplomats get rare view into Iraq’s Camp Liberty

By Lara Jakes - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader al-Halqi (left) talks Aug. 31, 2012, with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, under a portrait of Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, during their meeting in Tehran. (Associated Press/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)

State Dept. disses Iran in group on Syrian peace

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks to the media during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Iraqi vice president claims innocence, says terror trial was a sham

By Lara Jakes and Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Illustration Brave Soldier by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HUNTER: In the face of tragedy, the brave rise up

By Rep. Duncan D. Hunter

AP IMPACT: Surprising methods heal wounded troops

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

Security forces inspect the scene of a car bombing in Basra, Iraq, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Wave of attacks on security forces kill at least 44 in Iraq

By Qassim Abdul-Zaahra and Yahya Barzanjij - Associated Press

Sen. John McCain says he is disappointed that both presidential candidates are sidestepping world affairs and blasts President Obama for not aiding rebels in Syria and abandoning Iraq and Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

McCain: World needs U.S. leadership

By Dan Perry - Associated Press

** FILE ** Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad in December 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraqi court sentences Sunni vice president to death

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

AP IMPACT: Surprising methods heal wounded troops

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. John McCain answers reporters' questions during a meeting on World Economy in Cernobbio, Italy, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. Experts and leaders gathered in Italy to discuss the prolonged crisis in a structurally flawed Europe, political dysfunction pushing America off a 'fiscal cliff' and the emerging economies slowdown drying up the last engine of global growth. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu)

McCain: Iran situation a ‘train wreck’

By Dan Perry - Associated Press

One World Trade Center, center, rises above the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in New York. Tuesday will mark the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The World Financial Center is on the left, and Four World Trade Center is at right. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Terror takes back seat; Americans safer now

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Illustration Helping Survivors by John Camejo for The Washington Times

DAVIS: Survivors help families heal

By Lynda C. Davis

A Syrian child who fled her home in Aleppo with her family because of fighting between the rebels and the Syrian army, rests Wednesday at a school where she and her family took refuge, in Suran, Syria. (Associated Press)

Turkey, Egypt hit Assad for ‘terrorism’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (left) meets with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in Baghdad on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

U.S. senators warn Iraq over Iran shipments to Syria

By Lara Jakes and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Vice President Joseph R. Biden and his wife, Jill, arrive in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday for the Democratic National Convention. His enthusiasm and joviality are seen as assets. (Associated Press)

Opposite Biden attracts Obama loyalty

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

In this image made from video and accessed Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, a Free Syrian Army fighter fires his weapon at a Syrian Army position through a hole in an empty and destroyed home during fighting in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo via AP video)

U.N. envoy to Assad: Change is urgently needed

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press