09-09-2008, 08:07 PM
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usiraq14jan14,0,7596784.story?coll=la-home-center
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BAGHDAD -- Eager to cement the security gains of last year's troop buildup, the U.S. military has shifted its strategy from the streets to the corridors of power in a high-stakes effort to persuade Iraq's wary Shiite leaders to put thousands of predominantly Sunni men, many of them former insurgents, on the government payroll.
More than 70,000 members of mostly Sunni Arab groups now work for American forces in neighborhood security programs. Transferring them to the control of the Shiite Muslim-dominated government, as policemen and members of public works crews, has taken on a new urgency as American troops begin to withdraw, officials indicated in recent interviews, meetings and briefings.
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Yeah I don't know if you just act cynical towards everything for the sake of looking like... well, there's a link if anyone's interested. 
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