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Spotlight | Iraq
Political Aims Behind Iraqi Attacks

The three biggest attacks carried out amid the flurry of assaults in August throughout Iraq bore the fingerprints of Saddam Hussein and his followers. Displaying strong intelligence, logistic and planning skills, the perpetrators also had a specific political agenda in [...]

Published on 05/09/2003 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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