Iraq special report: 'American soldiers sacrificed a lot. But we sacrificed more'

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In the narrative of the US military and the Republican party, the war in Iraq has been an American success, crowned by a surge of extra troops in 2007 that is said to have ended sectarian killing and defeated al-Qaida. none of my Iraqi interviewees has mentioned the surge, let alone thanked the Amer