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President Barack Obama speaks to military personnel at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday. Obama had to arrive by surprise for security reasons, just like Bush and Blair had to in their time.

President Barack Obama speaks to military personnel at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday. Obama had to arrive by surprise for security reasons, just like Bush and Blair had to in their time.

President Barack Obama speaks to military personnel at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday. Obama had to arrive by surprise for security reasons, just like Bush and Blair had to in their time.

The start of the Iraq war in 2003 marked a crucial break between the US and almost all the states of the region. "None of Iraq's neighbours, absolutely none, were pleased by the American occupation of Iraq," says the Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari.

Long-term US allies like Turkey astonished the White House by refusing to allow US troops to use its territory to invade Iraq.


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