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    MIDDLE EAST DEBACLE

    Sep 09, 2021 4 minutes
    By Li Zixin

    ‘At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger… We come to Iraq with respect for its citizens, for their great civilization and for the religious faiths they practice.” Those are the words spoken by former U.S. President George W. Bush as he launched the Iraq War in 2003. Eighteen years on, what he said seems cold comfort compared to the suffering of the Iraqi people.

    The reconstruction of Iraq is still in the most fragile of stages, the lives of the people have yet to be improved and extremist ideas

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