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Article: IRAQI SOLDIERS KEEP CRIMINALS OUT OF FORMER SMUGGLER'S TOWN
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 11, 2006
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The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story:
In this urban city located in the center of miles of open desert in western Al Anbar province, Iraqi soldiers are taking the lead in operations to keep criminals and insurgents out of the region.
The Iraqi soldiers are doing the majority of the work here - checking IDs, searching cars and people at the city's various checkpoints - while Coalition Forces assist.
"It's more us helping the Iraqis, than the other way around," said Cpl. Victor M. Moreno, one of the Marine battalion's scout team leaders. "They've been doing fantastic."
In recent months, U.S. Marines here say Iraqi soldiers have continually progressed towards ...