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Coalition forces to maintain order
The U.S. military and the Iraqi police say they've agreed to joint patrols to restore order in Baghdad. An Iraqi police official says the patrols will start in a day or two, but the Marines say they don't have a specific time yet. A Marine spokesman said, "It's going to happen sooner rather than later."
The measure was taken in response to increased looting in the capital and civilian demands that something be done about it. In the southern city of Basra, which has also seen extensive looting, armored British troops were expected to join local, unarmed Iraqi police patrols in the next two days.
Meanwhile, as looting continues to ravage Baghdad, many of its residents are blaming U.S. forces for the lawlessness. They are angry that troops are not stopping the thefts and are even motioning men loaded down with stolen goods through checkpoints. However, in a middle-class neighborhood in the capital city, people are offering Marines baths, bread and greetings.
Fallen soldier honored in Arizona
The governor of Arizona says a prominent Phoenix mountain should be renamed in honor of Lori Piestewa, the first U.S. servicewoman killed in the Iraq war.
The comment by Governor Janet Napolitano drew hundreds of cheering mourners to their feet at a memorial for Piestewa, one of the few Native American women in the military.
Piestewa was among nine members of the Army's 507th Maintenance Company killed in an ambush in Iraq. She was a member of the Hopi Tribe, whose reservation is near Tuba City, Arizona.
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