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Were helping build capability and capacity in the new Iraqi Navy

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Iraqi
Navy
Capability
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Capacity
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Be good. Do something good.
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Mortified at the speed with which intimacy evaporates.
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