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Sat 04 Apr 2007Bush pacification plan a bloody failureIRAQ:The strike at the geographic and political heart of the Green Zone showed that no one is safe in Baghdad, writes Michael JansenThe bombings of the Iraqi parliament building in the fortified Green Zone and of one of the capital's nine bridges are regarded by many Iraqis as dramatic proof that the pacification campaign in the city is not working.