Us Officer Feeling Sidelined As Iraqis Take Over (ap)

In this photo taken on Monday, Aug. 17, 2009, U.S. Army soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment in Baghdad, Iraq, haul duffel bags as they prepare to redeploy to the United States. (AP Photo/Hamza Hendawi)AP – A few days ago, Capt. Nathan Williams asked the Iraqi battalion commander in charge of a northern Baghdad district whether he needed help with a planned security operation. The response, judging by the silence and body language, was clear: a polite “Thanks, but no thanks.”

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