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Transfer of Authority in Diyala

Nov-25-2008 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

A reader sent an article from the Christian Science Monitor regarding the Diyala Province, which is where the 1/25 SBCT is operating now.

BALAD RUZ, Iraq - The US is actively transferring ownership of Iraq's troubled Diyala Province, using a tough-love approach to force Iraq to take on greater control ahead of any deal that would put limits on the American military next year.

From handing over irrigation projects to cutting funding in favor of a more cumbersome Iraqi payment system, the strategy amounts to the de facto first steps of withdrawal.

"Our big thing is getting Americans to stop doing things and get the Iraqi government to do them," says US Army Staff Sgt. Dave Schlicher, a civil affairs team leader who has worked in the towns along the Iran border for months.


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