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Referring to the Iraqi general down the street, Indermuehle said, "What he knows now is that we're not asleep, and we're not so easily manipulated."

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Indermuehle casually responded that payment might be possible, but there was a problem with the T-Walls in front of the mayor's office, which he said "must have been a mistake."

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That was OK, Indermuehle responded, but everyone knew the T-Wall removal was being paid for by the U.S., and if something happened to the mayor, they would be blamed.

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A week passed after Indermuehle sent his initial message about the T-Walls.

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Indermuehle casually responded that payment might be possible, but there was a problem with the T-Walls in front of the mayor's office, which he said "must have been a mistake."

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Referring to the Iraqi general down the street, Indermuehle said, "What he knows now is that we're not asleep, and we're not so easily manipulated."

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But ordering the contractor to replace the walls, Indermuehle felt, would risk open conflict with Rasheed and complicate the Americans 'larger goal - trying to mediate some kind of reconciliation between the Iraqi command and the local government.

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At first, Indermuehle said, the contractor implausibly claimed the T-Walls had been taken down to make way for road paving.

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That was OK, Indermuehle responded, but everyone knew the T-Wall removal was being paid for by the U.S., and if something happened to the mayor, they would be blamed.

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At first, Indermuehle said, the contractor implausibly claimed the T-Walls had been taken down to make way for road paving.

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