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Transcript: Iraq's Sadr City Not Helped by U.S. Troop Surge
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- December 17, 2007
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JOHN YDSTIE
NPR Morning Edition
12-17-2007
Iraq's Sadr City Not Helped by U.S. Troop Surge
Host: JOHN YDSTIE
Time 10:00-11:00 AM
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JOHN YDSTIE, host:
The U.S. troop surge in Baghdad reached its peak last summer without ever establishing a real presence in one of the city's most turbulent districts - the vast Shiite slum of Sadr City.
Across the rest of the capital, U.S. and Iraqi forces have set up joint security stations and established relationships with locals on the ground. Everywhere except Sadr City, home to 2.3 million Shiites loyal to the fiery anti-American cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr.
NPR's Jamie Tarabay reports.
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