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New troops will fight a different war

Mar-11-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

I wanted to link to this article because it mentions Samarra.

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By Jim Krane
Associated Press

TIKRIT, Iraq — Fresh U.S. troops arriving in northern Iraq will find themselves fighting a different sort of war, with fewer Iraqi-led assaults on U.S. personnel and more foreign-led attacks on Iraqi civilians, a top U.S. commander said Wednesday.

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One previous trouble spot, the northern city of Samarra, appears to have settled down, Odierno said. Several recent operations in Samarra appear to have chased guerrillas out of the city, leaving U.S. military raiders turning up “dry holes” on their raids.

“Samarra’s becoming a no man’s land,” Odierno told Bremer. “They’ve stopped operations in Samarra.”


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