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NGOs unveils scathing report on impact of US-led war in Iraq (AFP)
Filed: June 13th 2007: World

US soldiers point their weapons as they climb a staircase during a search of a civilian Iraqi home during a patrol in western Baghdad, in 2005. A coalition of non-governmental groups on Wednesday took the UN Security Council to task for its "shocking silence" on alleged violations of international law by US-led forces in Iraq and urged an early end to their mandate.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - A coalition of non-governmental groups on Wednesday took the UN Security Council to task for its "shocking silence" on alleged violations of international law by US-led forces in Iraq and urged an early end to their mandate.

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