Word: duluiyah
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...suspected members of Saddam's military, intelligence and paramilitary services. Desert Scorpion was modeled after an earlier operation, Peninsula Strike, in which 4,000 troops, drawn mostly from the 4th Infantry Division, launched a midnight assault on 75 homes suspected of harboring Baath fugitives in the town of Duluiyah. Military officials believe much of the resistance in the region has been coordinated in Duluiyah, where locals say senior members of Saddam's regime were frequently seen in the aftermath of the war. Since the beginning of Peninsula Strike, Hicks says, "we have already seen a downturn" in the frequency...
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