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Less Contact in Iraq

Jun-30-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

From the Christian Science Monitor.

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When correspondent Ann Scott Tyson returned to Iraq this week for the first time since last August, she was immediately struck by how much less freely US forces were moving about and interacting with Iraqis. In a city such as Mosul, where soldiers once made frequent foot patrols and even dined in local restaurants, today almost all patrols are by vehicle, with only brief stops. Along with an escalation of violence, the distance is due to a shrinking in the size of the US force here as well as a conscious decision to pull back from the city and hand off duties to Iraqi forces.

Still, Ann wanted to see a bit of Iraqi life and was relieved when she finally discovered a US military police unit that patrols the city every day. Catching a ride, she was able to get to downtown Mosul and see the bustling markets, a welcome respite from the tense house-to-house raids she's gone on the past two nights with US Stryker units in the area.

We linked to her first article yesterday.


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