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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 color=black face=Georgia><span
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w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>: the case for withdrawal </span></font></b></strong><b><font
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color:black'><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Zaid_Al-Ali.jsp"
title="http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Zaid_Al-Ali.jsp">Zaid Al-Ali</a> <br>
</span></font><font color="#3399cc" face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>The post-2003 occupation is only the
latest chapter in <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State>'s long,
disastrous involvement in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
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