"Iraq is a country that has been invaded.……" — Lakhdar Brahimi
"Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that was functioning good or bad, with a horrible dictator, but you have invaded."
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33 Quotes by Lakhdar Brahimi
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The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and…
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There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the…
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