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Written by:
Diana West
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 5:35 AM
In case you missed it, Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki decided New Year's Eve wasn't sufficiently festive without also declaring December 31 a national holiday in Iraq to celebrate the withdrawal of American troops as a "new dawn" for Iraq -- the American effort to cobble together a functioning nation in Iraq, presumably, being the old night. According to the story:
Thе prime minister sought tο credit Iraqis wіth thе overthrow οf Saddam Hussein аnԁ mаԁе nο mention οf thе role played bу U.S. forces thаt invaded іn March οf 2003.
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