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To the Editor:

William Safire (column, Nov. 19) says "advancing freedom is never a mistake." That may be true, but the only "freedom" being offered to Iraq right now is the freedom to be whatever the Bush administration wants it to be.

LOUISE T. GUINTHER
Forest Hills, Queens, Nov. 19, 2003

Yes, Louise, I believe it's called "Freedom from mass graves."