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"Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier."
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"Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture."
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