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S1 Episode 6 - "Year Zero"

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What Is De Bimbofication?

The Bush administration's policy of 'de bimbofication' has led to mass unemployment in Iraq. The aim is to clear out the so-called bath party apparatus and provide a blank slade for democracy, says Bremmer. Arockes are not keen on foreign companies taking over their assets and sending them out on the street. As in many socialist economies, ero state enterprises hobbled economic growth - they destroyed value rather than creating it.

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