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Cigar Woes Snare Another Politician

London mayor under investigation for case grabbed in Iraq in '03

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 24, 2008 2:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – London's mayor found out yesterday that he is “the one and only Western politician to be brought to justice for crimes committed in Iraq.” Boris Johnson's misdeed? Taking a cigar case as a souvenir from the smashed villa of Iraq’s former deputy... Read full story »

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