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Former Sunni Insurgents Now Freedom Fighters

Former Islamic Army Militants Patrol Amiriya Alongside U.S. Troops

07/13/2007 00:58 AM ET

U.S. Army Works with Former Insurgent "Freedom Fighters" in Baghdad

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 12: Former Sunni insurgents now working with U.S. forces stand at an American firebase July 12, 2007 in the Amariyah neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq. The "Amariyah Freedom Fighters" is what the United States is calling the group who rose against jihadist fighters in their neighborhood and are now loosely organized as a group allied with U.S. Army forces. Amariyah is one of Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhoods, claiming the lives of 14 U.S. soldiers in the month of May alone.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 12: A former Sunni insurgent now working with U.S. forces sits next to a U.S. soldier in an armored vehicle before riding to a raid from an American firebase July 12, 2007 in the Amariyah neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 12: Former Sunni insurgents now working with U.S. forces stand at an American firebase July 12, 2007 in the Amariyah neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 12: A former Sunni insurgent now working with U.S. forces stands at an American firebase July 12, 2007 in the Amariyah neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 12: Iraqi men found working in a bus depot are lined up to be searched while a member of the Amariyah Freedom Fighters looks on during a raid July 12, 2007 in the tense Amariyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 12: A former Sunni insurgent now working with U.S. forces stands next to American soldiers during a raid of a bus depot July 12, 2007 in the Amariyah neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 12: Former Sunni insurgents who are now working with U.S. forces walk toward American armored vehicles to ride to a raid from an American firebase July 12, 2007 in the Amariyah neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 12: A twenty year-old former anti-U.S. Sunni insurgent, who is now working with U.S. forces, stands at an American firebase July 12, 2007 in the Amariyah neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq.

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 12: A former Sunni insurgent now working with U.S. forces stands at an American firebase July 12, 2007 in the Amariyah neighborhood Baghdad, Iraq.

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