Why are our soldiers being sent where there's sectarian fighting in Iraq? [View All]

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Iraq has their own police force and their own army. Why are U.S. soldiers being used to patrol Iraqi streets? They're mission should be for the defense of America, not Iraq.


U.S. Joins Iraqis in City Where 91 Died
U.S. Troops Join Iraqis in Patrolling City Torn by Sectarian Killings

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN

BAGHDAD, Iraq Oct 17, 2006 (AP)— U.S. troops joined Iraqi forces and police Tuesday in patrolling the city of Balad, where a surge in sectarian fighting has killed at least 91 people.

American and Iraqi officials said the violence in the city 50 miles north of Baghdad has eased but not stopped.


http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2577083