Powell tried to talk Bush out of war

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THE former American secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2 � hours vainly trying to persuade President George W Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today's conflict cannot be resolved by US forces. I tried to avoid this war," Powell said at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. "I took him through the consequences of going into an Arab country and becoming the occupiers."

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