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Yeah , yeah . Mhm . Yeah ,

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Good afternoon , awesome like him . I

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begin my discussion today by

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recognizing the significant

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parliamentary actions taken by the

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government of Iraq and its council

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represented this past week . As you

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know , the passage of the 2008 budget ,

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the amnesty Act and the provincial

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Powers act occurred this past Wednesday .

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We want to extend our congratulations

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to the people of Iraq and the

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democratically elected government on

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these landmark pieces of legislation .

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The passage of the budget for this year

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provides a basic basis for distributing

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resources equitably across the country

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and for promoting sustained ,

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sustainable economic progress . The

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provincial Powers Act addresses the

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balance of power between the national

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and local governments . This historic

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law when implemented will allow both

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groups to serve the people by

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strengthening the power of provincial

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authorities in delineating the

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responsibilities of the central

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government . We also applaud the

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applaud the passage of the General

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amnesty Act . The ultimate success of

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this legislation will be achieved

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through careful imitation of its

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provisions and United Nations announced

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this week that it will offer its

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support and help Iraq organized the

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provincial elections called for by the

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provincial powers Act occur in october

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improving security situation is helping

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to create an environment for progress .

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This week , the governor , Iraq marked

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the one year anniversary of Operation

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Fardh al Kanun Operation opposing the

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law . The purpose of hardball Kanun has

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been to improve the security conditions

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under a principle of the rule of law to

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build a civil society that the most

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protection services and hope for the

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future . Hard afternoon has been a

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joint operation since its inception .

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As coalition forces surged five

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reinforcing combat brigades in the

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Baghdad area . The Iraqi severe ,

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forced to conduct a search of its own

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Iraqis , recruited and trained over

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125,000 additional soldiers and police

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officers . In 2007 , they trained

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specialized units to face unique

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challenges presented by the terrorists

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in the popular areas . Together , they

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established local security stations to

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build confidence in neighborhoods ,

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confidence that would lead to greater

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cooperation from local citizens and

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greater success at Uprooting extremism

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in deterring violence . A year ago ,

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there were an average of 205 terrorist

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attacks each day across Iraq . In June ,

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these numbers peaked at an average of

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210 attacks per day . Just as the last

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of the coalition reinforcing brigades

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were getting into place and as the

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Iraqi Spirit forces were beginning

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their surge Last month , we attract 82

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attacks a day , a decrease of over 60% .

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And recently we have experienced some

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days with the total number of attacks

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across the country dropped below 40 The

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lowest level since seen since 2004 in

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Baghdad under operation for all kanun ,

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this decrease has even been more

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dramatic . The city's residents were

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suffering an average of 28 terrorist

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attacks today . In February 2007

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Attacks peaked at 46 in June 2007 Last

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month there were 11 attacks per day ,

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found more than 60% over the year and

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off 76% from peak levels .

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Of course each attack represents an

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attempt by terrorists to kill and

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spread instability . They are reminders

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that although the enemies of the people

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of Iraq are weakened , they still can

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recruit and conduct spectacular attacks .

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Iraqis are indeed rejecting these

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terrorist terrorist and Iraqi security

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forces are continuing to build its

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capabilities but stability will take

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time and a continued commitment by all .

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With the help of Iraqi citizens and

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Iraqi sphere forces were make were

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taking more weapons munitions on the

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hands of terrorists . Last month ,

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Iraqi and Coalition Forces seized 836

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caches . This is the highest total

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since the start of Operation frontal

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Kanun and it means the terrorists have

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less explosive material available to

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wreak havoc regrettably . There are

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still too many weapons in the hands of

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the enemies coast and forces are making

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progress but there's still much to do

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in this area . Last Tuesday , Iraqi

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police unit was on the job

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investigating a possible improvised

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explosive device when they were

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ambushed by a small but were ambushed

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by small arms from the small from a

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group of al Qaeda terrorist . The Iraqi

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police responded bravely and with

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lethal firepower , They swept the

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ambush site and killed seven of the al

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Qaeda Attackers . They also arrested 16

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others regard to be one police officer

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was killed . Operations like this are

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not just disrupting current first

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operations , many of them are leading

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to significant seizures of deadly arms

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and explosives . In just the past week ,

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Iraqi and coalition forces captured 212

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weapons caches across Iraq . Through

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those coming from here inside Baghdad

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with growing lengths to bring it back

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to special groups on Wednesday .

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Coalition force soldiers from the

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second Record brigade combat team

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operating northwest of Baghdad captured

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significant stockpile of weapons .

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Nearly 200 mortar rounds , 425 anti

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aircraft rounds over 8000 rounds of 30

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and 50 caliber ammunition , £40 of TNT ,

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60 lb of high explosives and several

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weapons . Ammunitions on friday .

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Coalition forces made another

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substantial seizure . Weapons and

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ammunition This time due to a tip from

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a local citizen . Again acting on

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information supplied from resident in

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Baghdad . Soldiers in the second

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brigade combat team discovered

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unsecured 120 mortar rounds , 33 1 oh

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seven millimeter rockets , 500 rounds

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of anti aircraft ammunition , 50 rocket

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sleds and associated components , 30

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hand grenades . Again , several other

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musicians along with a dozen automatic

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rifles . These deadly weapons were

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capturing the atomium neighborhood .

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They were ready to be used . They had ,

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they had the potential to kill and

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mount and wounds . Several innocent

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civilian men , women , Children thanks

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to a tip from a concerned citizen .

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They have been removed from the streets

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of Baghdad . We also start with this

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week , evidence of just how dangerous

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explosives can be in the hands of

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special group criminals . On the

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afternoon of February 14 , there was an

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explosion and open air market in Cedar

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city disclosure killed two Iraqis and

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wounded 24 others . Initial reporting

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by the Iraqi security forces that

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respond to the blast suggested there

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may have been caused by a car bomb or

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perhaps a suicide vest . Further

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investigation revealed this explosion

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was caused by the accidental detonation

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of explosives that were being sold out

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of a car in the garage and market .

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Ammunitions were sold on the black

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market by two special groups criminals .

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If their sales have been successful ,

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who knows how many might have died . In

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this case , it appears the only

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fatalities where the two criminals

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trying to sell the explosives . 24

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others were injured . While coalition

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forces continue to work with Iraqis to

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improve security , we cannot stop all

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the all the violence sometimes all we

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can do is help repair the damage and

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care for the injured . On February 10 ,

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20 Iraqi men , women and Children were

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gravely wounded by car bomb about five

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miles east of Balad and were airlifted

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to the Air Force Theatre Hospital by

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Coalition Force soldiers . The victims ,

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including two Children , were suffering

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from a number of serious injuries

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including head wounds , shrapnel and

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severe burns For the most grievously

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wounded Iraqis did not make it through

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the night of their first night in the

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hospital , but after more than 77

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combined hours of surgery , 16 victims

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did survive your deal . The third art

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Iraqi army colonel expressed his thanks .

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He said coalition forces are like

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angels , the doctors and the nurses

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saved . Not only are people but also a

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culture today , all the seven the

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victims have been released and those

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seven Iraqis are expected to make a

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full recovery . Another sign of

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cooperation between Iraqi and coalition

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security forces . This friday , Iraqis

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assume security authority for the town

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of heat . He was once a violent city

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torn by fighting occurring across too

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much of the Anbar province this week .

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Anbar Governor Kumari Samat rashid

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presided over ceremonies , speeches ,

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songs , poetry and marching as he

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became the second city in Anbar to

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transfer Iraqi security control since

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december throughout Anbar security has

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improved as the local citizens have

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decided to reject Al Qaeda , a province

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that was once considered lost by some

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observers observers has instead become

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model of of Iraqi cooperation . I

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started today's discussion with you by

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noting political gains that were made

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possible by securing progress through

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security . I'd like to close my right

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by touching a few signs of economic

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progress . Yeah . The first successful

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staging of the Baghdad business to

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business expo and conference was held

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in capital city city here at the Al

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Rashid Hotel . The event was hosted by

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the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce and

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supported by the U . S . Chamber of

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Commerce For the past three days

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exhibitors from Iraq's banks , hotels ,

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trade unions , business associations

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and state-owned enterprises stood what

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they had to offer in 260 booths which

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more than 8000 interested executives ,

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entrepreneurs , salesman , investors

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and traders . People attended the event

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was organized by Iraqis for Iraqis and

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was designed to promote commerce and

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cooperation across the country . It

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made for quite a scene , one which we

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hope will be repeated many times across

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Iraq . And unless the head the growth

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in business that we will hope that that

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we all hope to see depends on the

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restoration and expansion of essential

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services across Iraq . This is an

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ongoing and by the important process in

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the past , infrastructure had been

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neglected and essential services were

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not fairly distributed across Iraq .

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Yet some areas are fighting back and

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making progress one day at a time .

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Have to dedicate effort by the local

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citizens . Your government and

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coalition partners . There's a

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renaissance underway in herbivore ,

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expanded availability , electricity

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coupled with the installation and

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maintenance of a network of operational

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streetlights has allowed a restoration .

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Even a considerable improvement . And

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business and commerce scenario stops

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are open later . Families walk the

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streets and sales have increased for

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merchants . This is again a prime

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example of security leading to help

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opportunity and economic development .

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Mhm . This is indeed a country blush of

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many gifts both in natural resources

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and incredible human capital . The

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economic development spurred on by

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improved security is beginning to open

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doors to a brighter future and the

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coalition is proud to be a partner and

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we've got to be happy to take your

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questions confronting us . Uh

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remember john with Fox , did you say uh

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that you were seeing a growing link to

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Iran uh , in terms of the weapons

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caches have been seized recently in

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gazette sort of represent a change from

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what we were hearing earlier , which

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was that Iran had in fact sort of

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decrease the amount of weaponry sin .

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And who are they sending it to ? What

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sort of weapons are you finding from

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Iran ? What we're seeing is an increase

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I think in the use of weapons by

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special groups ranging back special

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groups . Um many of these caches have

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been in Iraq for some time now and uh ,

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and through our guest , the vigilance

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of both our operations and out of the

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tips by local citizens were uncovering

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more and more of these caches . What's

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significant is that that uh there are

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still attacks occurring daily by

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Iranian backed special groups against

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Coalition Iraqi sphere forces and more

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of these munitions we take off the

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street . The better . In the case of

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the black market sales clearly there

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was an ongoing active attempt by at

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least two criminal members of social

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groups to try to sell some of these

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positions again on the black market .

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Um , in that picture event , the

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vehicle itself , there were selling out

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of blew up , killing the two that were

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selling the munitions and injuring 24

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others . In the other instance though ,

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we've got munitions that are being

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found again through citizen tips that

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would otherwise be used by these

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special groups . So I don't want to

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give you the impression that we're

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seeing an increase in the shipment of

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arms by Iran into Iraq . But we do

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believe that the Iranian backed special

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group members who are , we have

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received training and financing

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continue to operate here in Iraq and we

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use these caches to again conducted

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operations . Okay , sure .

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Okay . London Times , how

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worried are you about the Al Sawa in

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Jeff Al Saqa who have halted their work

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in protest that three of their members

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being killed in what they say is an

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american attack . And also are you

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concerned that other Al Sahwa um

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about other Hasegawa who have expressed

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fears that they've been targeted as are

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always been hit accidentally by

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american forces . This is a very

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challenging environment as you all know .

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And often our operations are conducted

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in close proximity to investigate

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concerned local citizens groups that

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are operating provide security . Uh

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there are often again used by the

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enemies uh civilians as human shields .

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In these instances though , we have

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operations in which uh concerned local

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citizens . Uh we're uh necessarily not

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targeted by coalition forces but have

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become part of an operation in which

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they were injured or killed . In a

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couple of cases though , we do know

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that our forces were receiving fire

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from a group of individuals on the

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ground . We returned fire and later

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determined that some of those

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individuals were in fact concerned

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local citizens . We won't know in any

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instance , until we certainly do a

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thorough investigation what motivated

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the firing by the parties , individuals

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from the ground uh in this case , one

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cases against helicopters . Um so

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you've got to work your way through

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each of those situations to fully

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understand . But to be certain

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coalition forces are partnering with

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concerned local citizens to bring about

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security . They're not certainly not

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targeting concerned local citizens . Um ,

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I understand completely sympathize with

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the plight of all Iraqis who are

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positiveness of the violence that's

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been spiraling , had spiraled out of

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control with the terrorist groups there

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in Iraq . But with your support , we

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are beginning to bring those levels of

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violence down , unfortunately , on some

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days , and some nights , that also

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involves uh individuals being caught up

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in that both civilians and concerned

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local citizens . And we'll work our way

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through these two instances to make

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sure we understand it fully