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The US is accelerating sales and delivery of military equipment, including Hellfire missiles and drones, to Iraq to help in the fight against al Qaeda. A US gunmaker turned down a deal to sell precision rifles to Pakistan, out of concern they could be used against US troops. Iran rejected Secretary of State Kerry's suggestion that it could be involved on the sidelines of Geneva II talks on Syria. The Commerce Department issued an order aimed at preventing the export of two Boeing aircraft engines to Iran. Colleen LaRose, a.k.a. Jihad Jane, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, less four years' time already served, for her role in an al Qaeda plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist.