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Chris Smith: The police did not help the wounded. The opposite. They started to take the gold and the money from the pockets of the…

On the recordNovember 16, 2011
The police did not help the wounded. The opposite. They started to take the gold and the money from the pockets of the victims.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith accuses Iraqi police of looting instead of aiding victims during a church attack.

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