. . .They call the kid "Iraqi Ali Baba". . . and the US military dog

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IE17Ak01.html


ROVING IN THE RED ZONE
The true heart of darkness

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But life somehow goes on. An educated Adhamiyah resident with a good sense of humor tells the story of how "the Americans are every day on patrol. They search houses with their dogs. But one day one of their expensive dogs ran away" - along with his new, "local", non-pedigreed friends. In five minutes, a kid in the neighborhood self-described as "The Prince of Dogs" got the picture. "In 30 minutes he found the expensive American dog."

The dog liked him, and they are still together - to the despair of the Americans, who are still searching. Everybody apparently knows this story in Adhamiyah. They call the kid "Iraqi Ali Baba". "But the kid will have to sell the dog in the market," adds the resident, because of the high maintenance. So this Gucci dog's destiny will turn out to be shabby Souq (market) al-Ghazil, already bombed several times.

The words of Sheikh al-Kobaisi, the assistant secretary general of the powerful Sunni Arab Association of Muslim Scholars, to a crowd united to protest the Adhamiyah wall, will continue to resonate with most of Iraq's 5 million Sunnis. These were the sheikh's greatest hits: "Who has the power to bomb tanks will bomb this wall"; "Security does not come with tanks and missiles. It will come with the American departure"; "We have not attacked people who are inside the Green Zone. It's because of their deeds that we have become slaves."
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the article also says this about the green zone:

Nearby residents are adamant: "The Green Zone is attacked with mortars every day." And al-Qaeda in Iraq has not even taken its new al-Quds 1 guided missile for a test drive.