Iraqi Forces, Local Citizens Help to Reduce Violence in Northern Iraq

By Donna Miles | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2007 - A robust partnership between coalition troops and Iraqi security forces and support from the Iraqi people is showing success in bringing down violence in Iraq's Multinational Division North sector, the troop commander there said today.

Army Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling, who also commands the Germany-based 1st Armored Division, told Pentagon reporters via videoconference that attacks in his area of operations are higher than anywhere else in Iraq.

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