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Article: TRIBAL LEADERS HELPING TO STEM VIOLENCE IN DIYALA PROVINCE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 16, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:
By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service Tribal leaders are cooperating with U.S. and Iraqi security forces to reduce terrorist-staged violence in Diyala province, senior U.S. and Iraqi military officials said today.
U.S. and Iraqi officials have urged prominent sheikhs in Diyala province "to work with their people to become part of the security process and part of the political process (to) drive a wedge (between) the terrorists and any auxiliary support or direct support that they may receive from the people," Army Col. David W. Sutherland, commander of the 1st Cavalry ...