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To: NickSE who wrote (108596)	7/28/2003 9:44:40 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

US troops in Iraq 'are terrorist magnet' guardian.co.uk The commander of US ground forces in Iraq today said that his soldiers had become a "magnet" for foreign terrorists who wanted to strike at America. Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez said the sophistication of the guerilla attacks, which Washington customarily blames on the former regime's loyalists, had increased over the last month. "We have to understand that we have a multiple-faceted conflict going on here in Iraq. We've got terrorist activity, we've got former regime leadership, we have criminals, and we have some hired assassins that are attacking our soldiers on a daily basis," he told CNN. [cont'd.....]