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Oh, well. At least what we did in Iraq, though on false pretenses, was well worth it.

Iraq now an Al-Qaeda battleground, British report says



LONDON (AFP) - The US-led coalition's failure to restore security has turned Iraq into a battleground for the likes of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network, a British parliamentary committee said.


In a major report on the war on terrorism, the House of Commons foreign affairs committee said the lack of law and order had created a "vacuum" for criminals and militias, with "appalling consequences" for the Iraqi people.