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A lower ambition for Iraq?
Acefantastik.
Posted to Politics on Sun Oct 15, 2006 at 07:33:00 AM EST. RSS.
"The original intention was that we put in place a liberal democracy that was an exemplar for the region, was pro West and might have a beneficial effect on the balance within the Middle East. That was the hope, whether that was a sensible or naïve hope history will judge. I don't think we are going to do that. I think we should aim for a lower ambition." ---General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of of the General Staff, UK Army.
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One year on - has anything changed?
kiwiana.
Posted to Politics on Sat Jul 08, 2006 at 11:11:54 PM EST. RSS.
One year ago exactly, 52 people were killed and many more injured when four young men staged a suicide attack on London's underground.
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