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Leaked US Embassy Memo Gives Glimpse Of Life In Iraq

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Leaked US Embassy Memo Gives Glimpse Of Life In Iraq

Submitted by Khalid on Tue, 2006/06/20 - 13:15

Mainstream media and neo-cons in the USA continuously paint a rosy picture of post-Saddam Iraq, to retroactively justify the invasion.

Despite that, a leaked memo from the US Embassy in Iraq shows a very different picture.

Here is the memo itself, and the article in the Washington Post on it. BBC also has coverage. 

Although the removal of Saddam is in itself a positive thing, the side effects are so great a cost for this.

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