Iraqs Take The Lead, With US Trailing Closely
By Digest • Aug 10th, 2009 • Category: In the PressBy Rod Nordland / New York Times “Yes, we are in charge now,” said an Iraqi Army soldier, Sgt. Salman Fallah Jassim, as he led a mixed Iraqi and American patrol through the saw grass of a dried up irrigation canal, sweeping the ground in front of him with the long wand of a metal detector. […]
