Calm in Basra May Offer A Guide for Iraqi Security
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BASRA, Iraq — The Iraqi army soldiers walked with confidence into this city’s notorious Five Miles neighborhood. Shiite militiamen once greeted them with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. Now, smiling children waved, and a nearby market pulsed with energy. “Nobody before was able to get in here,” said Col. Bilal al-Dayni, surveying the battle-scarred landscape.
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