http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/6419918.htmWed, Jul. 30, 2003
U.S. changes tactics in violent Iraq city
By HAMZA HENDAWI
Associated Press
FALLUJAH, Iraq - Faced with sporadic attacks, the U.S. Army has come up with some unorthodox policies to placate Fallujah - handing over security to the locals, compensating people for homes damaged in raids and paying blood money to the families of American-inflicted casualties.
Thanks to the experiment, Fallujah, a conservative and deeply tribal Sunni Muslim city of 200,000 people, is no longer the dangerous place it was for U.S. soldiers as recently as mid-July. But anger remains strong.
"We will fight them to the death if they keep humiliating us," said Farhan Siyam al-Jomaili, a local clan chief.
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