In the week since national elections, police officers and Iraqi National Guardsmen said they have received more tips from the public, resulting in more arrests and greater effectiveness in their efforts to weaken the violent insurgency rocking the country...Oh, wait, they're telling the truth this time.
But officials in Baghdad said a relative lull in violence in the capital has fueled the sense that something has fundamentally changed since the vote. A change of attitudes in Baghdad could make a crucial difference in the battle against the insurgency, and a buoyed sense of civic pride is already beginning to change the way the public treats the police, authorities say.
Monday, February 7
Damn lying liberal media
Iraqis Cite Shift in Attitudes Since Vote: Mood Seen Moving Against Insurgency by Doug Struck
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