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In an editorial, The New York Times writes, "It has been five years since the United States invaded Iraq and the world watched in horror as what seemed like a swift victory by modern soldiers and 21st-century weapons became a nightmare of spiraling violence, sectarian warfare, insurgency, roadside bombings and ghastly executions."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032008A.shtml

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White House admits fault on “Mission Accomplished” banner

Missoula Missoulian

04/30/08

The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner that was flown in triumph five years ago but later became a symbol of U.S. misjudgments and mistakes in the long and costly war in Iraq. Thursday is the fifth anniversary of Bush’s dramatic landing in a Navy jet on an aircraft carrier homebound from the war. The USS Abraham Lincoln had launched thousands of airstrikes on Iraq...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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