How independent is the newly sovereign Iraq?
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This week has seen the hurried handover of sovereignty to Iraq and the beginnnings of the very public trial of Saddam Hussein. But former military man Brian Cloughley says power still really resides with the US who retain 160,00 troops in the country and the right to attack or detain without consulting Iraqi authorities.
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