The Americans may think they have 'liberated' Baghdad but the tens of thousands of thieves - they came in families and cruised the city in trucks and cars searching for booty - seem to have a different idea what liberation means.
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- Author's profession: Journalist
- Nationality: british
- Born: July 12, 1946
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