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Pakistan On The Brink - The Talibanization Of Pakistan - Students from an Islamic madrassa burn thousands of movie DVDs, videos and music CDs April 6, 2007 in front of the Red Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. The event, reminiscent of the early days of…

Pakistan On The Brink - State Of Emergency - A civil rights activist looks through the bars of a police truck after being detained at an anti-government protest near the house of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto November 13, 2007 in Lahore,…

Pakistan On The Brink - Police State - An anti-government protester is beaten and detained by police November 9, 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Protest demonstrations were declared illegal due to the State of Emergency declared by President Pervez…

Pakistan On The Brink - Musharraf Steps Down As Army Chief - President Pervez Musharraf (L) gives a farewell salute to Pakistani army troops while standing next to new army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani at a change of command ceremony November 28, 2007 in…

Pakistan On The Brink - Red Mosque - Islamic madrassa students chant anti-American slogans while demonstrating outside the Red Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan March 6, 2007. The Red Mosque was a hotbed of pro-Taliban sentiment located in the heart of…

Iraq - Progress At a Price - River Warfare - A U.S. Marine mans a machine gun on the back of a boat after his unit set the underbrush of an island on fire on the Euphrates River Feburary 2, 2007 in Ramadi in Anbar Pronvince, Iraq. Marines poured fuel…

Iraq - Progress At A Price - National Celebration - Iraqi Special Forces soldiers cheer in Baghdad July 29, 2007 after the Iraqi national soccer team won the Asian Cup tournament. The 1-0 win against Saudi Arabia sparked a rare nationwide…

Iraq - Progress At A Price - Free Clinic - Mothers carry their children for medical attention at a free one-day clinic September 8, 2007 in the Hurriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. The clinic, only possible because of the improved security…

Iraq - Progress at a Price - The Price - A U.S. Army nurse takes the fading pulse of a dying American soldier at a combat hospital September 22, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. The soldier was fatally wounded by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Baghdad.…

Iraq - Progress At A Price - Some Life Returns To Baghdad - An Iraqi Army soldier talks to an ice cream vendor while on patrol with U.S. forces in the Khadamiya neighborhood September 7, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. Attacks on American forces in the…