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Mired in Iraq's inter-communal war.(sunni muslims)(Brief article)
Baghdad's Adhamiya neighborhood, a Sunni Muslim enclave in the northern part of the city, has been the site of intense and bloody fighting between Sunni insurgents and U.S. troops. Its Abu Hanifa Mosque was the scene of Saddam Hussein's last public appearance prior to the fall of Baghdad in 2003. By any measure, the community would seem to be a hotbed of anti-U.S. sentiment.
Yet, as the July 17 New York Times points out, "when an American convoy rolled in recently, a remarkable message rang out" from the loudspeakers of the mosque, a place of worship that had been used to rally resistance to the U.S. forces.
"The American Army is coming with the Iraqi Army--do not shoot," urged the message. "They are here to help you." With Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias now prowling the neighborhood and killing people with impunity, Sunni ...
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