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Iraqi Police joining the resistance?

U.S. Troops Battle Iraqi Police in East Baghdad; Rogue Lieutenant Captured, Military Says - New York Times: "BAGHDAD, July 13 — In a rare battle between American and uniformed Iraqi forces, United States troops backed by fighter jets killed six Iraqi policemen and seven gunmen during a predawn raid in which they captured a rogue police lieutenant, the military said Friday."

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