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bpilgrim

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Wed Apr-13-05 08:03 PM
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81. Don't be fooled by the spin on Iraq

The US is failing - and hatred of the occupation greater than ever

Jonathan Steele
Wednesday April 13, 2005
The Guardian

Saddam Hussein's effigy was pulled down again in Baghdad's Firdos Square at the weekend. But unlike the made-for-TV event when US troops first entered the Iraqi capital, the toppling of Saddam on the occupation's second anniversary was different.

Instead of being done by US marines with a few dozen Iraqi bystanders, 300,000 Iraqis were on hand. They threw down effigies of Bush and Blair as well as the old dictator, at a rally that did not celebrate liberation but called for the immediate departure of foreign troops.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1458237,00.html

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