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Mayor Ali Husan Ali (right) shakes hands with U.S. Army Lt. Col. Thomas Fisher as they prepare for a ceremony signifying the opening of a water treatment and distribution facility in the township of Hibhib, Iraq, June 25, 2006. Fisher, a native of Sioux Falls, S.D., is the commander, 1-68 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Task Force Band of Brothers. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Paul J. Harris Hibhib Water Treatment Plant Opens The project, a joint effort between the Iraqi government and coalition forces, will provide clean water for up to 4,000...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An Iraqi man who was one of the first people on the scene of the U.S. airstrike targeting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said he saw American troops beating a man who had a beard like the al-Qaida leader. The witness, who lives near the house where al-Zarqawi spent his last days, said he saw the man lying on the ground near an irrigation canal. He was badly wounded but still alive, the man told Associated Press Television News. U.S. troops arriving on the scene wrapped the man's head in an Arab robe and began beating him, said the...

Excerpts - HIBHIB, Iraq (Reuters) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was accompanied by women who wore skimpy night clothing, and read magazines on current affairs and militant propaganda, an inspection of the house he was killed in showed on Saturday. ~ snip ~ Also beside the slabs of concrete was a woman's leopard skin nightgown and other skimpy women's clothes. ~ snip ~ "I feel good. Zarqawi is dead. Thank you America," said Adel Hussein, 33, a resident of the area. ~ snip ~

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