Monday, June 09, 2003

FROM "BAGHDAD BOB" to local religious leaders. Ever wonder if these folks get tired of being lied to?
Lt. Col. James Danna, whose unit from the 1st Armored Division patrols western Baghdad, calls it "the information war."

Danna and other military officers struggle to restore electrical supplies, clean water and increase security as proof of American good will. At the same time, he said, hard-line clerics work to undermine them.

"I've got to fight the Shiite cleric who is saying, 'Don't trust the Americans, they are putting in the generator to poison your children,' " said Danna, a 39-year-old native of New Brunswick, N.J.

Read it all here.

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