Iraqis Increasingly Side With Coalition, Colonel Says

The Iraqi people increasingly are siding with the coalition against extremists in their country, a unit commander there said. [snip] “They’re starting to realize that we’re here to make their life better, and because of that they’re starting to take our side,” he said in a teleconference with online journalists and “bloggers” Dec. 20.

“So, they’ve really taken our side against al Qaeda over here. And I think it’s something we can be proud of as an Army, and we can be proud of as a nation.”

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