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John Simpson, who spent more than a year reporting from Iraq at the time, looks at how Iraq helped Britain to convince itself politicians can’t be trusted and revealed America’s military weaknesses and the fragility of the Western alliance.Captain Julie Thain-Smith worked as a military nurse with the British Army in Iraq in 2003, arriving in the country just days after the invasion began.
The troubled Swiss bank group Credit Suisse is to be taken over by its rival UBS in a deal worth more than $3bn, .moving quickly to avoid further turmoil in global money markets as fears grew that financial difficulties at Credit Suisse could result in contagion which has resulted in billions wiped off the value of banks worldwide.
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