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A U.S. army soldier attached to Eagle Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment patrols a street on the outskirts of Baqouba, the capital of Iraq's Diyala province, some 60 kilometers (45 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008.
Friday, Aug. 22, 2008

Open quote The state cannot accept the Awakening. Their days are numbered. Close quote

  • SHEIK JALALADEEN AL-SAGHEER,
  • a leading Shiite member of Iraq's Parliament, on a crackdown on the Awakening movement, in which groups of U.S.-funded former Sunni insurgents organized citizen patrols to help stabilize the country
Photo: Marko Drobnjakovic / ap | Source: The NY Times