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Wed 04 Apr 2003More death and destruction ahead on the road to assault on Baghdad
Deaglán de Bréadún weighs the prospects of an early conclusion to the Iraqi conflict
The air assault on the headquarters of the Iraqi Olympic Committee in Baghdad this week had a bitter-sweet irony that may have escaped the protagonists, enmeshed as they are in conflict. The Olympic ideal is about proving your superiority by peaceful means; in ancient Greece a truce was declared to allow competitors from different city-states to take part in safety.
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