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John Murtha: “This is a very small part of the opposition. We're caught in a civil war, and there's no way to overlook that.”

On the recordJune 7, 2006
This is a very small part of the opposition. We're caught in a civil war, and there's no way to overlook that.
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John Murtha
Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Murtha emphasizes that Zarqawi's death does not change the larger context of the civil war in Iraq.

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