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Feb 2024
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US strikes Iran-linked targets in Iraq a...

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The Pentagon says it struck scores of targets in response to a drone attack which killed three American soldiers. Also: western officials in protest over Israel-Gaza policy, and scientists discover that clownfish count stripes to distinguish friend from foe.

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