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Collin Powell dissociate himself from his former master.

The Australian: I tried to warn Bush against Iraq war: Powell [ 09jul07 ]: "FORMER US secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2 1/2 hours vainly trying to persuade President George W. Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today's conflict cannot be resolved by US forces.


'I tried to avoid this war,' Mr Powell said at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. 'I took him through the consequences of going into an Arab country and becoming the occupiers.' "

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