Iraqi Civilians On Guard; Neighborhood Watch Groups Form to Pick Up the Slack

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - As the sun goes down and most Baghdad residents take refuge in their homes, Maamoun Abdul Wahab takes to the streets - a pistol tucked in his clothes.

For about 12 hours, he prowls the narrow alleys of Baghdad's heavily Sunni Azamiyah district, part of a neighborhood watch group formed to fend off Shiite militias and Interior Ministry commando units considered by many Sunnis as little more than death squads.

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Iraqi Civilians On Guard; Neighborhood Watch Groups Form to Pick Up the Slack

"If the militias or the commandos set foot here, we will fight them - either they die or we die," Abdul Wahab declared. "If we let them in, they will kill us anyway, so we m...

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