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Five months after the overthrow of Saddam, despite billions of dollars worth of contracts won by American companies, there are no visible signs of reconstruction.

Thus the Independent continues it's "proud" tradition of blaring blatatant lies, and running its editorials in the news pages.

And why all the beating around the bush anyway? Why not say plainly what this "news" story is saying implicitly: "The Independent is inconsolable that Iraq will be capitalist society."