Chiarelli preaches quality of life in Iraq

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Stars and Stripes
By Anita Powell, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, September 1, 2006

BAGHDAD — A top U.S. general toured one of Baghdad’s roughest Sunni neighborhoods Thursday to view the effects of a recent operation aimed at reducing sectarian fighting, urging commanders to improve quality-of-life issues for locals and resist feeding into sectarian divisions.

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“You can’t do it with security alone,” Chiarelli said. “If you did, you’d have a police state. You’d have so much security people can’t even turn left or right.”

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“We’ve got to break this cycle,” he said. “All we are doing is contributing. I don’t even like the idea of getting Sunni cops in there.”

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http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=39740

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1. Somebody take the war toys away from these morons

and send them to their rooms.