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One of 3 Homeland Seccurity Advisory billboards erected in the sleepy suburbs of Country Club Hills, outside of Chicago, Illinois. The billboards were the brainchild of the town's mayor, a retired Marine. 2008 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman 2008)

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Soldiers march on a red carpet in a New York City Christopher Columbus parade, during the first days of the invasion of Afghanistan. New York 2001 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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TV news camera covering first anniversary of September 11 at the crash site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. 9.12.02 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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The White House communications officers take cover under a make shift camouflage tent, set up during a visit by8 President Bush to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, site of the 9-11 hijacked plane crash. 2002 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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Islamic Terrorists attack Midway Airport during a Homeland Security drill in Chicago, Ill . The drill lasted several days and cost $16 million. 2003 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/(C) Nina Berman)

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Senior Citizens enrolled in "Homefront Patrol," an initiative of the Del Ray Beach, Florida Police Department, check fof terrorists, bombs and suspicious objects in the town's tennis courts and parking lots. The seniors are equipped with police cars, uniforms and radios, all courtesy of a Departmetn of Homeland Security grant. 2002 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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IIslamic terrorists explode a nuclear weapon in a simulated drill involving hundreds of military personnel and civilian cast members played out at a newly opened military training facility in southern Indiana. The site had formerly been home to the mentally disabled before being purchased by the military. Victims were paid $12 an hour, considered a very high wage for the region. Here, a woman lies injured awaiting evacuation. Mustacatuck Urban Training Center, Butlerville, Indiana 2007 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman 2007)

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Special Weapons and Tactics police in competition, Orlando, Florida 2006. The vehicle bumber sticker says "Terrorist Hunting Permit." (KEYSTONE/NOOR/(C) Nina Berman)

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Local residents are hired at $12.87 an hour to dress up as Iraqis and act out various scenarios designed to help soldiers train for deployment. Here, a car accident has occurred..Ft. Polk, Louisiana, USA, 2008 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) police compete in Orlando, Florida 2006. SWAT units, armed like the military, are now active in 90percent of American towns with over 50,000 people. Protecting the homefront from terrorists is now part of their training and mission. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman 2006)

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A Columbia University Law student screams in support of the bombing of Iraq at a demonstration held prior to the invasion. . Others at the demonstration held signs advocating the nuclear destruction of Baghdad. .New York City, USA, 2003. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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July 4 in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey 2003 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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Helicopter Fly By during All American Day at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina 2006 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/)

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Stealth Bomber, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2007 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/)

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Marines land attack helicopters, paint children in camouflage and unfurl infantry weapons, including pistols with silencers for the public's amusement with the unspoken aim of recruiting new marines. .Orchard Beach, Bronx, NY 2007 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman/Redux)

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"All America Day" at Ft. Bragg, home of the 82nd Airborne, a day when the public can enter the base and take part in military games. Here, .a soldier helps a boy fire a rifle equipped with a laser at human targets who drop to the ground and play dead when hit, part of the festivities at ÒAll America Day.:Ó.Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, USA, 2006 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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Citizen Corps training -- volunteers train for possible terrorists attacks and disasters, Winfield, Pennsylvania. Local officials believe they are terrorist targets because each year in the town near them, there is the Little League World Series. 2006 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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A volunteer dressed up for a bioterror drill in suburban Chicago, part of Top-off 2, a massive simulated terrorist attack which cost $12 million. 2003 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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Citizen Corps training -- volunteers train for possible terrorists attacks and disasters, Winfield, Pennsylvania. Local officials believe they are terrorist targets because each year in the town near them, there is the Little League World Series. 2006 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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Dummy lies in wait at a fire department during a Citizen Corps homeland security training. WInfield, Pennsylvania, 2006 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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Potassium Iodide pill distribution. The "anti-nuke" pills were given out to residents in case of a terrorist nuclear attack, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2002. The County Health Commissioner in charge of distribution acknowledge that the pills would do little good, and speculated that half of the residents would swallow them the day they received them. The distribution happened nationwide. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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Potassium Iodide pill distribution. The "anti-nuke" pills were given out to residents in case of a terrorist nuclear attack, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2002. The County Health Commissioner in charge of distribution acknowledge that the pills would do little good, and speculated that half of the residents would swallow them the day they received them. The distribution happened nationwide. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/(C) Nina Berman)

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TMembers of the Ladies Auxiliary of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars pose with Santos the local police dog that wears a $1000 Kevlar vest, donated by the ladies. Holding fundraisers to outfit dogs with body armor is something of a national craze, even though few dogs wear the vests because it restricts their movement and is considered unsafe. .Orange Park, Florida, USA, 2006. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/(C) Nina Berman/ Redux)

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IFirst responders outfitted in HAZMAT suits take air samples during an exercise designed to simulate fallout from a 10-kiloton nuclear weapon attack by Islamic terrorists. Mustacatuck Urban Training Center, a new military facility that formerly housed the mentally disabled.Butlerville, Indiana, USA 2007 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman 2007)

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Islamic terrorists explode a nuclear weapon in a simulated drill involving hundreds of military personnel and civilian cast members played out at a newly opened military training facility in southern Indiana. The site had formerly been home to the mentally disabled before being purchased by the military. Victims were paid $12 an hour, considered a very high wage for the region. 2007 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman 2007)

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Islamic terrorists explode a nuclear weapon in a simulated drill involving hundreds of military personnel and civilian cast members played out at a newly opened military training facility in southern Indiana. The site had formerly been home to the mentally disabled before being purchased by the military. Victims were paid $12 an hour, considered a very high wage for the region. 2007 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman 2007)

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A veteran from the War in Afghanistan, caked with fake blood, oearns $15 an hour or nearly twice the prevailing wage, playing a casualty of a nuclear weapon attack by Islamic terrorists at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, a newly opened military facility which formerly housed the mentally disabled..Butlerville, Indiana USA, 2007. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/)

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A woman caked with fake blood and tagged priority one earns $15 an hour or nearly twice the prevailing wage, playing a casualty of a nuclear weapon attack by Islamic terrorists at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, a newly opened military facility which formerly housed the mentally disabled..Butlerville, Indiana USA, 2007. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/(C) Nina Berman)

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Local residents are hired at $12.87 an hour to dress up as Iraqis and act out various scenarios designed to help soldiers train for deployment. Here, a car accident has occurred..Ft. Polk, Louisiana, USA, 2008 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/)

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Local residents are hired at $12.87 an hour to dress up as Iraqis and act out various scenarios designed to help soldiers train for deployment. Here, a car accident has occurred..Ft. Polk, Louisiana, USA, 2008 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/)

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GWOT Goat, One of dozen of farm animals used for GWOT training at a U.S Army base where daily life in Iraq is simulated. Ft. Polk, Louisiana, 2008.. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Brman)

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Dummies, dressed to look like insurgents, lie in wait for military training scenarios designed to replicate real life situations in Iraq..Ft. Polk, Louisiana, USA, 2008 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman 2008)

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A road sign at a mock Iraqi village set up for training purposes on a U.S. Army base. .Ft. Polk, Louisiana, USA, 2008 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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The bookstore at the Southeastern Christian Church where books and consumer items iare sold. The SECC is the 7th largest megachurch in the US, with attendance over 18,000. Each weekend the church brings in $800,000 in tax free donations.The church is evangelical and homosexuals are not permitted as members. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman/Redux)

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Praise Aerobics, a twice weekly class combining work-out and prayer, with participants shouting in praise of Jesus as they crunch and stretch. The workout begins with Bible lessons and prayer led by Eileen McGuire, 57. It is one of the hundreds of small group activities offered to New Life members. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman/Redux)

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A poster on a trailer at the âÄœU.S. Army Strong Zoneâĝ set up outside an armyâĨsponsored high school football championship at the Alamodome. The strong zone is a place where the public can try out weapons, play simulated war games and talk to military recruiters..San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2008 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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U.S. Marines in attack helicopters fly over Orchard Beach to simulate a raid. .It was part of a recruiting event. The Bronx, New York, U SA, 2007. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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Marines land attack helicopters, paint children in camouflage and unfurl infantry weapons, including pistols with silencers for the public's amusement with the unspoken aim of recruiting new marines. Some of the young men had just signed up to go to Iraq, Orchard Beach, the Bronx, New York, 2007 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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Marine Day, Times Square, New York City 2007 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/(C) Nina Berman/Redux)

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.A shop window displays fashions and accessories for Òthe future warrior.Ó .Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA 2006. (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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A child at the Oakland Military Institute (OMI)Ð a public school run by the Department of Defense Ð receives a medal of achievement at the school's monthly awards ceremony. At OMI, one of several Pentagon public schools, adolescent children learn from drill serrgeants and do military fitness and discipline training. Educators desperate for solutions to disintergrating public schools, have turned to the Department of Defense for solutions. Critics see them as miliary recruiting institutions. Oakland, California 2003 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) police compete in Orlando, Florida 2006. SWAT units, armed like the military, are now active in 90percent of American towns with over 50,000 people. Protecting the homefront from terrorists is now part of their training and mission. Orlando, Florida, 2006 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/(C) Nina Berman/ Redux 2006)

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Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) police compete in Orlando, Florida 2006. SWAT units, armed like the military, are now active in 90percent of American towns with over 50,000 people. Protecting the homefront from terrorists is now part of their training and mission. Orlando, Florida 2006 (KEYSTONE/NOOR/Nina Berman)

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