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south carolina. where robbers attack two people who were leaving a walmart. in kissimmee, florida, a fight breaks out at a big box jewelry counter. turning to l.a., a woman actually used pepper spray to fend off her fellow shoppers. and in north carolina, an off-duty police officer pepper sprays an unruly crowd. happy shopping season, folks. these of course are just the exceptions. the one thing mostly the shoppers are out there trying to fight is just maybe some fatigue. the only thing they want to attack is their chris pass list. but still, 152 million people. that's the number...

Combat phase of the war over, the race is on to make sure iraqi security forces are as ready as possible for the day towards the end of next year when the americans will be gone. >> what we've got right here is how properly to run a checkpoint. within that, there are things, as well. how to search people properly. there is evidence found, how to exploit it properly. >> reporter: the training runs the gamut from what tactics to employ when under attack to lessons in battlefield medical treatments. >> first, you tighten it with your hand as much as you can. >> reporter: recent attacks on iraqi s...

Valuable. and while this is the new phase of the war for the americans, the old face, the combat phase, may have ended in name, but not in reality. this is still a front line, in a very dangerous place. >> it is still dangerous. my unit has tragically had two soldiers killed within the last month. and i do not believe that it will be the last casualty that we see here. >> yeah, so there is daily risk for ied, small arms fire. >> reporter: and those risks will be part of the job over the coming year, as check points like this federally move into iraqi hands without the americans looking on. >> ...

They are still learning how to secure their country the way they need to, and they've made enormous strides thanks to the training that they've already received. but there is still more work to do there. we will have to protect our civilians, aid workers and diplomats who are over there who are trying to expand and help what is going to be a long road ahead for the iraqi people in terms of rebuilding their country. we are still going to be going after terrorists in those areas, and so our counterterrorism operations are still going to be conducted jointly. but the bottom line is is that our co...

Getting the care and honor that they have earned. so that's part of my message to the country, and one of the great things about the last several years has been to see how unified the country is around support of our veterans and of our men and women who are currently serving. now, i know that as i've said at the beginning, our task in iraq is not yet completed. our combat phase is over, but we've worked too hard to neglect the continuing work that has to be done by our civilians, and by those transitional forces, including some folks who are going to be deploying i understand today, and i'm g...