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Mahdi Army Not a Threat, Says U.S. Brigade Commander (rawstory.com)

Colonel John Hort, commander of the 4th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade, said about 800 fighters were killed or severely wounded during the fighting earlier this year. At the time, there were about... More

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Submitted 17 days ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

Sadr City: Tinder Box Ready to Explode: Washington Post (corksphere.blogspot.com)

The Sadr Ciy neighborhood of Baghdad is clinging to a fragile peace, but now that the Surge troops have left it is anybody's guess what will happen next.

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Submitted about 1 month ago by CORKSPHERE | 0 Comments |

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Killer Drones Helped Subdue Sadr City (blog.wired.com)

The report is a little too rah-rah to take as definitive. But 60 Minutes' look at the drone-heavy battle for Sadr City shows how American forces' robo-plane tactics are evolving.

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Submitted about 1 month ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |

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