Kristian Ulrichsen
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Kristian Ulrichsen believes that the politicians and planners behind the 2003 invasion ignored the lessons of the first British occupation of Iraq, which began with the capture of Baghdad from the Ottomans, ninety years ago this month.
Published February 20 2007
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