Foreign terrorists are still

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“Foreign terrorists are still pouring in, and they’re <$NoAd$>trying to inflict damage on Iraq to undermine Iraq and to undermine the process, democratic process in Iraq, and, indeed, this is their last stand. So they are putting a very severe fight on Iraq. We are winning. We will continue to win, and we are going to prevail.”

Iyad Allawi
Prime Minister of Iraq
September 19th, 2004
This Week, ABC NEWS

“Yes, the American troops have advanced further. This will only make it easier for us to defeat them.”

Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf
(aka “Baghdad Bob”)
former Iraqi Information Minister

[ed.note: I found the Sahaf quote on this famed Sahaf fan appreciation site. I tried to confirm it using Nexis. And I found several instances of it in reputable publications, such as the Times of London. But in each case these other publications seem to have sourced their usage to this same Sahaf fan website. So caveat lector. But you get the idea.]

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