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The US is bringing Liberty and Equality to Iraq, but not Fraternity: that would be sexist

The US is bringing Liberty and Equality to Iraq, but not Fraternity: that would be sexist

issue 10 March 2004

Inside Baghdad there is another Baghdad. It is called the Green Zone and my Times colleague Richard Beeston wrote about it in The Spectator a few weeks ago. I visited the Green Zone last month. This was virtual reality. Outside lies a dirty and dangerous country. Within, you encounter a magic park where newly planted young trees wave in the breeze and hopeful Americans with perfect teeth speak only of freedom.

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