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THE ROVING EYE: My militia is more untouchable than yours, by Pepe Escobar

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In a make-believe world where the green, green grass of the "surge" is alive with the sound of music, the George W Bush administration and US counterinsurgency ace General David Petraeus - not to mention presidential candidate Senator John McCain - keep assuring American public opinion the "surge" is working.

But back in real life, an Iraq transfixed by no less than 28 militias is burning - again - all over.......

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