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Handshake Defuses a Standoff in Baghdad

The intensification and resolution of a conflict between a Sunni citizen patrol and the Iraqi Army on Wednesday offered a vivid illustration of the tension between the two organizations.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/middleeast/04iraq.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=eb54a725f4ed49bda4c939b004c9c010&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/middleeast/04iraq.html" border="0"/></a> </span>