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Civil war is a more likely outcome than democracy

in Iraq, Britain’s ambassador to Baghdad William Patey said in a confidential memo leaked to the media. “Even the lowered expectation of President Bush for Iraq — a government that can sustain itself, defend itself and govern itself and is an ally in the war on terror — must remain in doubt.”

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