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| Author(s) | New York Post editorial board | 
| Source | New York Post | 
| Date | March 2, 2008 | 
| URL | http://www.nypost.com/seven/03022008/postopinion/editorials/baracks_iraq_attack_99983.htm | 
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|   | "History will record a number of military mistakes made in the Iraq war - and will surely note that al Qaeda's decision to engage the US-led coalition there represented a major strategic blunder. Al Qaeda certainly didn't have to do that - but it did anyway, and is paying a horrific price because of it. As Gen. Ricardo Sanchez has noted, Iraq "is exactly where we want to fight [al Qaeda]," because "this will prevent the American people from having to go through their attacks back in the United States."" |   |  | 
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This item argues against the position Coalition troops should pull out on the topic Post-invasion Iraq.