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General News 4/16/2008 at 8:31 AM EDT

Iraqi Unit Flees Post, Despite American's Pleas

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Maybe the message the Iraqis are trying to send is that they don't want a civil war, no matter how much it fits George Bush's and John McCain's political agenda. "Every house in Sadr City probably has one of their sons in the Mahdi Army," said an Iraqi major. "So it is hard to convince people to believe in the Iraqi Army." So they left, taking a truckload of furniture with them.

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