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BAGHDAD — When Americans first set up a base in the Baghdad neighborhood of Ghazaliya more than two years ago, their first foot patrol lasted 20 minutes. Wading through sewage, they were shot at by snipers three times. They made it only four blocks.
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Moises Saman for The New York Times
American and Iraqi soldiers patrolling the streets of Ghazaliya in Baghdad. Sectarian violence in the neighborhood was reduced, but tensions remain.
They called the base the Alamo.