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...advantage to the enemy when it's over. Once Saddam Hussein's statue fell, Americans hoped to cease fire, store the tanks and bombers and drones, and start rebuilding. For the enemy, the fight had just started--let the sabotage and sniping begin. "The war's not over," declared Lieut. General Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of coalition ground forces in Iraq, at a press briefing last week. "I keep saying that every time I get up here: the war's not over...
...ambush a U.S. convoy, resulting in an eight-hour fire fight that left 11 Iraqis dead. Most attacks on U.S. soldiers are not even reported by the Pentagon, since military officials usually announce only those clashes in which Americans are killed or injured. "We're still at war," said Lieut. General Ricardo Sanchez, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq. As if to drive the point home, al-Jazeera broadcast an audiotape purported to have been made by Saddam, saying he is in Iraq and promising "days of hardship and trouble for the infidel invaders." Iraqis seen to be cooperating...
...matter in Washington. He says he speaks to Bush every 10 days and to Rumsfeld several times a week. He phones in to the White House's weekly national security meeting. Unlike Garner, whom some U.S. officials criticize for failing to engage the Army commanders, Bremer works closely with Lieut. General Sanchez to determine how the military deploys its resources. Since Bremer's arrival, U.S. troops have become more visible peacekeepers: conducting foot patrols, guarding schools, building soccer fields, cleaning streets. "What is unusual is that Lieut. General Sanchez has been directed by the President to support my efforts," Bremer...
Some combat-hardened soldiers in Iraq have bristled at having to perform workaday rebuilding tasks, but for now they are needed in those roles. "This job takes someone who can stand up in front of 60, 70, 80 people screaming at you," says Lieut. Colonel P.J. Dermer, a civil-affairs officer in Baghdad. "The military adds a bit of backbone. The Kumbaya part comes later." Captain James Ogletree, a Marine civil-affairs officer in Karbala, says his units are carrying out orders that come directly from Bremer's staff. "They will say, 'See how many orphanages there...
...officials, Iraqi Airways staff members and other airport workers. The troops, they say, stole duty-free items, needlessly shot up the airport and trashed five serviceable Boeing airplanes. "I don't want to detract from all the great work that's going into getting the airport running again," says Lieut. John Welsh, the Army civil-affairs officer charged with bringing the airport back into operation. "But you've got to ask, If this could have been avoided, did we shoot ourselves in the foot here...