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Airstrikes in Samarra

Amazing how the Iraq war goes on but we’ve moved on. “My bad” as a national character trait? Also, hundreds of hostages in Anbar, and fighting in Mosul. Bombings in Baghdad. And police chief and Awakening leader killed in Ramadi. 

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Amazing how the Iraq war goes on but we've moved on. "My bad" as a national character trait?

Amazing how the Iraq war goes on but we’ve moved on. “My bad” as a national character trait?

Also, hundreds of hostages in Anbar, and fighting in Mosul. Bombings in Baghdad. And police chief and Awakening leader killed in Ramadi. 

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1
Tags: Iraq, North America, War

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