US troops back on patrol in Iraq

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By Gabriel Gatehouse
BBC News, Mosul

Nearly a month after American troops officially withdrew from urban areas in Iraq, they are quietly going back in again, patrolling the streets of towns and cities where, despite improvements in security, violence remains an everyday occurrence.

By the US military's own reckoning, Mosul and its surrounding region is the most dangerous area in Iraq.

On average they calculate there are four attacks here every day - explosions, shootings, suicide bombings. That is down from six per day in January - progress, of sorts.

Since 30 June, Iraqi forces have been entirely responsible for maintaining security in urban areas. But the Americans want to keep a close eye. So they are maintaining a limited number of joint patrols inside cities like Mosul.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8170562.stm

There are still 130,000 US soldiers in Iraq

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. K&R

x(

[Echo In Light]

2. Phony war

[blindpig]

3. But a very real occupation.

k&r

[Orwellian_Ghost]

4. Bump

[tekisui]

5. knr!~

[malaise]

6. Get out of Iraq

and Afghanistan