12/17/2005
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"Coalition forces will make every effort to spare innocent civilians from harm."
"Coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine Saddam Hussein's ability to wage war."
"The peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people now depend on you."
"We have no ambition in Iraq except to remove a threat and restore control of that country to its own people."