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U.S. bribing Iraq's Sunnis to get them to combat al-Qaeda.(Inside Track)(United States)(Brief article)

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American forces are doling out hundreds of thousands of dollars to Sunni insurgents to buy their influence to help cleanse their area of al-Qaeda forces. Reporters for the London Sunday Times claim to have firsthand knowledge of the delivery of huge quantities of cash to Iraqis who formerly fought against the Americans. A sheikh in a region south of Baghdad received $38,000 along with promises for an additional ...

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