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ABC took A Closer Look at one war zone and NBC went In Depth to another and the news from Iraq and Congo could not have been more contrasting. ABC's Clarissa Ward saw Gen David Petraeus wandering round a market in Baghdad "no body armor, no helmet" just one year after the so-called surge of troop reinforcements was launched. In that time Ward quoted US military statistics that violence in Iraq has fallen by 60%. NBC's Ann Curry was in Goma in eastern Congo visiting a UNICEF center for veterans of the civil war. She introduced us to Gabriel, aged 16, abducted from his classroom two years ago, armed with an automatic weapon and forced onto the front lines on pain of death. Pascal enlisted in an opposing militia at age 13 for a monthly wage of $25. "The boys bonded over their battle experience but one day Gabriel and Pascal realized something they had never imagined. They had been on opposing sides in the same battles."
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