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11/27/2003 Archived Entry: "U.S. didn't want to be called occupiers"

SEMANTICS THAT COST LIVES?: According to an internal Army review U.S. policy makers didn't want to be called "occupiers" over the invasion of Iraq and failed to take certain steps including curfews, halting looting and ordering Iraqis back to work.

The report states the distinction between "occupiers" and "liberators" hamstrung military officials after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

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