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The US media had nary a harsh word to say about the President's Thanksgiving flight to Iraq. The foreign press was less obeisant. Some prizewinning comments: Best Headline: "The Turkey Has Landed"--Independent (London). Runners Up: "Electoral Raid on Baghdad"--Libération (Paris); "I came, I saw nothing, but I will conquer"--An-Nahar (Beirut). Best Capsule Descriptions: "one of the most audacious publicity coups in White House history"--The Times (London); "a publicity stunt which will not solve the problem of Iraq"--El Mundo (Madrid); "opens the presidential election season"--Al-Mustaqbal (Beirut); "a Hollywood-style stunt"--La Repubblica (Rome).
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