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Public Address 29/06/04 - Hope

PUBLIC ADDRESS 29/06/04 - Hope

Here's hoping | Jun 29, 2004 10:53
Russell Brown's Hard News

It wasn't the tickertape parade that the war's backers would have hoped for, but we should all hope that the surprise handover of sovereignty in Iraq does actually improve things for Iraqis themselves, even if what emerges looks more like the old regime than the new democratic dream...
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