"They defeated Al Qaeda because they are Al Qaeda," he said. "They are just wearing new masks."

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-baghdad_slynov18,1,2846076.story?page=2&cset=true&ctrack=1

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Convincing them that it is safe to go home to areas where their relatives or neighbors were killed because they belonged to the wrong sect could be difficult.

"Anything could still go wrong," said a Sunni resident of the former Al Qaeda stronghold of Dora, where local insurgents turned against Al Qaeda just in the past month. They lifted the Islamist rules banning smoking and requiring women to wear head scarves, and encouraged shops in the once-shuttered streets to reopen, bringing a semblance of life back to what once was regarded as one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Baghdad.

But the resident didn't want to be named because he is still afraid. He says he recognizes former Al Qaeda members among the Sunnis now working with the Americans, and he has advised his former Shiite and Christian neighbors not to return yet. "They defeated Al Qaeda because they are Al Qaeda," he said. "They are just wearing new masks."

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Osama Bin Ladin still on the loose?

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2. WHOW