At 10.56 GMT this morning Paul Bremer handed to Prime Minister Iyad Allawi a piece of paper - not the most auspicious of historical acts - & with that Iraq became an entirely independent, self-governing nation ready to join the democratic community. Bush & Blair smiled benignly on the modest ceremony & looked forward to a bright future.
Dave Brown, cartoonist of The Independent newspaper, took a different perspective.
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The skylarks are going to have to wait. One glass of wine too many compounding the damage of a 3-hour sleep last night.
11:28:16 PM 
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