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US, Iraqis start joint patrols in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 14, 2003
Iraqi police cars, escorted by US forces, started joint patrols of Baghdad's streets Monday for the first time since the city came under American control, an AFP correspondent reported.

Five Iraqi police cars, accompanied by two US Marine Humvees, left the east Baghdad headquarters of the Iraqi police academy at 4 pm (1200 GMT) to patrol different areas of the capital.

Four Iraqi policemen rode in each car.

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