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Jan- 3-2004 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

For G.I.'s, Pride in War Efforts but Doubts About Iraq's Future
By ERIC SCHMITT Published: January 4, 2004
This story is an overview with one reference to the brigade. I have copied that entry in the link below. This is another article from the NYT that requires registration.

...Soldiers are sensitive to the growing ambivalence — if not outright hostility — among some Iraqis to the American occupation, but say there are few alternatives. "They're glad Saddam is gone, but they're not sure they want us to stay either," said Cpl. Chris Ellis, 33, of Hopewell, Ala., who drives one of the Army's new Stryker combat vehicles. "But we're going to have to stick it out. If we don't, it'll be worse than it was before."


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