Article 5D2D9 'This is not freedom': a militarized US Capitol is being called a ‘war zone’

'This is not freedom': a militarized US Capitol is being called a ‘war zone’

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Lois Beckett
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In the aftermath of the attack, a huge security crackdown has left local residents disoriented and prompted condemnation

In early 2003, as government buildings across Iraq were being looted, Donald Rumsfeld told reporters, Freedom's untidy." Iraq was being liberated", he said. Free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. They're also free to live their lives and do wonderful things."

Iraqi journalist Ali Adeeb Alnaemi was in Baghdad at the time. I was driving around and seeing looting and burning while American soldiers were standing there, and they would say to me, We have no orders to interfere,'" he said.

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