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Insurgency Draws In Ordinary Iraqis Angered By Occupation

Long Island Press | November 19, 2004

Interviews with Iraqis paint a picture of an insurgency fueled not only by foreign extremists and Saddam loyalists, but also by an intensely nationalist political agenda aimed at removing the U.S.-led occupation force and its allies.

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