During a joint news conference Friday with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Bush called the operation "a defining moment in the history of a free Iraq, " saying the government is fighting criminals there.

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The distinction between fighting a war and bringing criminals to justice is not a merely semantic one.

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She said the measures would help modernise crime-fighting laws, to combat criminals' use of internet-based phone calls and things like instant messaging and social media sites like Facebook.

BBC: A person using a computer

Latvian nationalists insist that these were patriots fighting the Soviets, not Nazi war criminals.

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