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...recalled a shipment of medical supplies that U.S. soldiers brought to a rural area that had not received much medical financing or supplies...
...According to Ricks’ request, which is posted on the Web site, sewing machines in the area are very expensive and difficult to transport...
...said that one request came from a civil affairs battalion that had entered a Sunni area and found crowds of children armed with toy AK-47s. Insurgents had disbanded the soccer leagues, trashed soccer fields, and confiscated soccer balls, which they replaced with the toy rifles...
...priorities for the police here in Jardim Angela is making themselves visible. They have reached out to the community by visiting businesses, setting up a free library in the local police station and even helping out at an orphanage. Their outreach program convinced many bars in one area to close down voluntarily after 10 p.m. and tonight, as they wind their SUVs through the dimly lit streets, they stop people as much to get to know them as search for drugs or guns. "The primordial factor here is that they don't see us as the enemy...
...Residents would agree with that. The high-profile patrols have made residents feel more secure, and the statistics back that up. The number of homicides in the area fell from 448 in 2000 to 98 last year. Getting hauled over at as they make their way home at night is the price they pay. "It's fair, it's cool," says Geraldo Duarte, a 43-year old metro worker stopped on his way to a prayer meeting. "It's for our own security...