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Blogs Liberty and Power Iraq Three Years On

Apr 8, 2006

Iraq Three Years On

by Liberty and Power

Three years after the toppling of Saddam, Iraq is a bloody mess. Friday 70 people were killed in an attack on a Baghdad mosque. Patrick Cockburn reports on three years of broken promises in a blighted land.