Latest news applies: From the NY Times of 4 May 2008:
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Missiles Strike Sadr City, Damaging Hospital
The missiles that hit close to the Sadr General Hospital were American. After a night of clashes in the neighborhood, the Americans fired at least three “precision-guided munitions” at the small building next door to the hospital. Neighbors said the building was used as a place of prayer for pilgrims, hospital employees and neighborhood residents, but the military identified it as a command center for the Shiite militias that it is battling. ...
Sometimes it feels as if nothing is what it seems. Iraqi ambulances have been used to ferry weapons, and homes are used as safe houses for militia fighters. Men in the vests of municipal road workers sometimes toil at burying improvised explosive devices while Iraqi and American forces have holed up in schools and Education Ministry buildings.
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Of course. The people are not working for the invader. Welcome to a country in civil war, similar to Nam, or Somolia. Does anybody see light at the end of the tunnel? Did someone misplaced it - George?