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'Model' Iraqi town suggests long stay for US troops
• AFPTwo months ago, US and Iraqi forces came to Tarmiyah, surrounded it with a fence and a single checkpoint and established a small base. Now, 100 US soldiers together with 200 Iraqi soldiers secure the town. Where once the town's 15 beleaguered