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Ashdown says Iraq reconstruction is a "catastrophic failure"

11-24-2006 · University of Bath

Paddy Ashdown last night severely criticised the reconstruction of Iraq, calling it a 'catastrophic failure' in which 'daily carnage' was taking place. Lord Ashdown was speaking at a public lecture at the University of Bath

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