The Al-Sweady inquiry named after Hamid is examining claims that detainees were mistreated and killed in 2004 after the so-called Battle of Danny Boy.

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The Yemeni authorities also darkly note that the Houthis' long-time leader, Hussein al-Houthi, who died in battle in 2004, used to visit Qom, one of Shia Iran's holiest cities.

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Last year, the U.S Army Corps of Engineers installed more than 1, 000 solar-powered street lights in Fallujah, a predominantly Sunni city in central Iraq that was the scene of a brutal battle between insurgents and U.S. soldiers in 2004.

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The 2004 document details a dark picture of Jackson's attempts to battle his sleeping disorder.

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The Republicans have a battle-hardened machine that still has access to most of the infrastructure that Mr Bush established for 2004.

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