GIs, Out Of Iraq Cities, Now Have Time On Their Hands

U.S. Army soldiers participate in tactical range training using M-9 Berretta handguns onNormandy Range Complex in Basra, Iraq, July 15, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to Company B, 445th Civil Affairs Battalion. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Best

From Yahoo News/AP:

MAKASIP, Iraq — Out of the cities and letting the Iraqi security forces take the lead, U.S. troops are facing a new challenge: finding things to do.

Not that the dangers have passed. Soldiers knew that as they headed out last week to patrol rural roads south of Baghdad. Seven of their fellow soldiers from Forward Operating Base Falcon have been killed by bombs since May 21.

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More News On Iraq

Security pact gives Iraqi security forces a new swagger -- Stars And Stripes
Seven killed in Iraq market bombing -- AFP
Iraq's Kurds and Arabs struggle to defuse tensions -- AP
Maliki visits Iraq's Kurdistan for talks over land, oil -- China View
Iranian Dissidents’ Fate in Iraq Shows Limits of U.S. Sway -- New York Times
Iraq's Tareq Aziz gets 7 years jail in Kurds case -- Reuters
Iraq oil sector sees militant attacks fall -- Reuters
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,329 -- Yahoo News/AP

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