"And where, for God’s sake, does that wretched, utterly dishonest phrase “coalition forces” come from? There is no “coalition” in this Iraq war. There are the Americans and the British and a few Australians. That’s it."
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Anglo-American Lies Exposed, March 24, 2003
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Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk (born July 12 1946 – 30 October 2020) was a British journalist and war correspondent.
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