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ADVISORY-Reuters Witness story from Iraq
01 Feb 2007 20:00:00 GMT
Source: Reuters

Alastair Macdonald is about to end an assignment of almost two years in Baghdad as the Reuters Bureau Chief for Iraq. In the following story, slugged BC-WITNESS-IRAQ/ and headlined "WITNESS-Good news from Iraq -- of courage and nightmares", he reflects on the difficulties of covering Iraq and on the work of the Iraqi colleagues he leaves behind.
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