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Progress

Going swimmingly, don’t you think?
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein’s iron-fisted regime with the nation still wracked by violence and the capital under curfew.
Baghdad’s streets were empty of cars and trucks after the authorities declared a 5:00 am to midnight (0200 GMT to 2100 GMT) […]

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Progress

The slog continues:
BAGHDAD — American-trained Iraqi security forces failed for a third straight day to oust Shiite militias from the southern city of Basra on Thursday, even as President Bush hailed the operation as a sign of the growing strength of Iraq’s federal government.

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Theocracy Unleashed

You didn’t hear about things like this under Saddam Hussein, who imposed a secular state:
BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Three suspected al Qaeda militants, including two sisters, beheaded their uncle and his wife, forcing the couple’s children to watch, Iraqi police said on Friday.
The militants considered that school guard Youssef al-Hayali was an infidel because […]

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