Militants Overrun Government Headquarters in Large Iraq City
"Eleven years ago you created a legend about three men who had been condemned to death for treachery. You pretended that you had seen a piece of paper which proved them innocent. No such piece of paper ever existed. You invented it, and later you grew to believe in it. You remember now the very moment at which you first invented it. Do you remember that?"
BAGHDAD----Al Qaeda-inspired militants seized control of one of Iraq's largest cities on Tuesday in a brazen attack that underscored the weakness of the Baghdad government across vast swaths of the country.
"Yes."
Government forces fled the northern city of Mosul in disarray as hundreds of well-armed militants overran government buildings, television stations and military bases where U.S.-supplied heavy weaponry is stored.
"Just now I held up the fingers of my hand to you. You saw five fingers. Do you remember that?"
City residents said they were shocked at the speed of the rebel advance.
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