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Let it never be said that the Iraq war hasn't led to some progress. For example, the U.S. military's PR department is getting much more efficient:

Following a car bombing in Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military issued a statement with a quotation attributed to an unidentified Iraqi that was virtually identical to a quote reacting to an attack on July 13...

Sunday's news release said: "'The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the ISF and all of Iraq. They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists,' said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified."

The July 13 news release said: "'The terrorists are attacking the infrastructure, the children and all of Iraq,' said one Iraqi man who preferred not to be identified. 'They are enemies of humanity without religion or any sort of ethics. They have attacked my community today and I will now take the fight to the terrorists.'"

In fairness, we shouldn't rush to conclusions. Sure, it looks like the military is inventing quotes, or at least reusing them. But there's at least some chance that both quotations are from Chalabi associates who merely remembered their lines a little too well.