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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Awakening on the Wrong Side of the Bed The Awakening movement isn’t very happy these days. The U.S. has been paying Sunni militants to turn their guns from American soldiers to al-Qaida foreign fighters, a program that has been celebrated for reducing violence in Iraq and is now falling apart. In the words of one Sunni leader who spoke to <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102521730" title="NPR">NPR</a>, “The Americans completely abandoned us.” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090330_awakening_on_the_wrong_side_of_the_bed/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090330_awakening_on_the_wrong_side_of_the_bed/</a> Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Awakening on the Wrong Side of the Bed The Awakening movement isn’t very happy these days. The U.S. has been paying Sunni militants to turn their guns from American soldiers to al-Qaida foreign fighters, a program that has been celebrated for reducing violence in Iraq and is now falling apart. In the words of one Sunni leader who spoke to <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102521730" title="NPR">NPR</a>, “The Americans completely abandoned us.” <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090330_awakening_on_the_wrong_side_of_the_bed/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20090330_awakening_on_the_wrong_side_of_the_bed/</a> Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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