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Iraq Violence Rages in Western Baghdad
by Anne Garrels
All Things Considered, June 4, 2007 · U.S. efforts to stem insurgent and sectarian violence in western Baghdad are moving more slowly than hoped. Despite increased numbers of troops in the area, sectarian cleansing continues.
Violence ravages neighborhoods, and troops are under constant fire from Sunni and Shiite extremists. When a battalion from the 1st Infantry Division arrived in March, it replaced a lone U.S. Army company. But even with three times more soldiers patrolling, the violence has worsened.
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ANNE GARRELS: This was once an area where both Sunnis and Shiites lived together. Militants, many associated with the Mahdi Army of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, have resumed a push to drive Sunnis from their few remaining enclaves here. And the Shiites militias are attacking U.S. forces. They are increasingly using Explosively formed penetrator known as EFP; powerful bombs able to pierce armor.
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