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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 27 > Elite Iraqi troops in forefront as U.S. prepares to pull back

Elite Iraqi troops in forefront as U.S. prepares to pull back

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra / The Bulletin
June 27, 2009

BAGHDAD — As Iraqi security services prepare to take back their towns from the Americans on Tuesday, the sharpest arrow in their quiver is an elite, American-trained force with a reputation that leads many Iraqis to call it “the Dirty Brigade.”

Its real name is the....

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