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Article: Analysis: Iraq, Vietnam Have Parallels
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- May 26, 2006
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CHARLES J. HANLEY, AP Special Correspondent
AP Online
05-26-2006
Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq
Men of the 3rd U.S. Marine Regiment's 3rd Battalion sit silently during Roman Catholic and Protestant memorial services at Da Nang Air Base, Aug. 22, 1965, for 18 Marines who died in the Van Tuong fighting earlier in the month. Helmets hung on rifles at left symbolize the 18 men who died. Faulty intelligence helped to justify both Vietnam and Iraq wars _ the 1964 Tonkin Gulf incident, during which two U.S. warships off Vietnam mistakenly reported that they'd been fired upon, and Iraq's nonexistent weapons of mass destruction. (AP Photo)
The silhouettes that roar through the Baghdad twilight are sleeker ...