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Robert Fisk: Iraq’s road back from oblivion
Indpendent – “Al-Qa’ida killed two of our men here two days ago,” the cop said. “Then they called us up to tell us the name of their operation – on a police radio!” We were standing in rebuilt Fallujah, where the police request all foreigners to call by for an escort. We got six, one wearing a ski mask. You get the idea. As a police colonel said later: “Al-Qa’ida [is] still here, they are a nuisance, to me personally when I have to move around the city. But they are not what they were.” We were standing in the old US Marine base not far from the newly re-built railway station – there are, of course, no trains – and the pale stencil of “USMC” was still on the wall. But there was dust blowing around the yard and some of the sandbags had broken open. Read Article
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