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Article: IN WESTERN IRAQ, HUNDREDS EAGER TO JOIN NEW IRAQI ARMY, COMBAT INSURGENCY IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 14, 2006
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The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news story:
In this small, mostly-Sunni region nestled along the Euphrates River in Al Anbar Province, Iraqi men say they are fed up with the insurgency in Iraq, and are doing something about it - joining the Iraqi Army.
More than 189 Iraqi men, most 30'ish in age, lined up to sign their name on the dotted line and enlist for service during a May 8 Iraqi Army recruiting/screening drive in this town located just 14 miles northwest of Ramadi.
Despite insurgents' threats and violence here, most seem quite eager just to serve, regardless of where Army life may lead them.
One 30-year-old Iraqi man accepted for enlistment said his younger ...