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RADWANIYAH — One question lingering in the minds of many politicians these days is whether Iraq is ready to take care of its people. Determined members of the Iraqi Army are doing their part to help the citizens of their country. With the help of the 358th Civil Affairs Brigade, a group of Iraqi Soldiers have been training since July to run the Radwaniyah clinic on Victory Base Complex to provide medical care and humanitarian assistance to Iraqis. The Iraqi Army assumed responsibility of the clinic during a handover ceremony Oct. 20. Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Falih Faris, garrison commander,...

ASSOCIATED PRESS An Iraqi scientist has told U.S. interrogators that her team destroyed Iraq's stock of anthrax in 1991 by dumping it practically at the gates of one of Saddam's main palaces, but never told U.N. inspectors for fear of angering the dictator. Rihab Rashid Taha's decision in 2003 to remain silent stoked suspicions of those who contended Iraq still harbored biological weapons, contributing to the U.S. decision to invade Iraq two years ago this month. "Whether those involved understood the significance and disastrous consequences of their actions is unclear," the CIA-led Iraq Survey Group says of Mrs. Taha and...