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On Elizabeth Street, Iraqis say they are pleased the city is reopening for business. "You see my two sons here," says Kalad al-Kabasah, who owns a tailor shop. "They are 12 and 15. I couldn't get them to the store before. Now the Iraqi police control the street and the situation. Nobody's shooting anybody; nobody's planting IEDs. We can come back and work."

Miller and his lieutenants can recite the number of construction trucks that have come through town recently (45, up from three during the previous seven months) and the number of dumpsters (1,500), as well as open schools and mosques in their precincts. Miller knows the number of neighborhood watch people and Iraqi police operating in his precincts. He meets seven times a week with various sheiks, imams, school officials and mukhtars, or notaries public. "I feel I should run for mayor," he quips.

If he does he may find that the Anbaris are like constituents everywhere, constantly asking "What have you done for me lately?" As Caldwell walks along Elizabeth Street, a merchant approaches and complains that the electric power does not work all the time. He realizes there was no power at all just weeks ago, but he demands to know what will be done about the spotty coverage.

"They want everything in a month," Caldwell says with a sigh.

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