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ABC and CBS each filed from Iraq. CBS' Lara Logan claimed an Exclusive for her footage of the sweep of Baqubah in Diyala Province by patrols from the Second Infantry Division. Logan stated that Baqubah had been governed by al-Qaeda until ten days ago. She reported on what the soldiers claimed residents had told them as they searched house-to-house about the group's rule: al-Qaeda had executed more than a hundred people in a public square; they punished residents for smoking cigarettes in public; they made mixing different vegetables together on a produce stand a crime; they burned down some houses and wired others as trigger sites for buried bombs. Yet when the US troops arrived these al-Qaeda warriors were nowhere to be seen, leading to what Col Steve Townsend called "a lack of heavy fighting." Meanwhile, ABC's John Hendren (subscription required) left Baghdad with Gen David Petraeus to attend a police graduation ceremony in the 110F heat of Hillah. Check out their martial arts demonstration with its "unusual swordsmanship."
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