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I woke up in a cold sweat. I used to think that Hollywood exaggerated such post-nightmare scenes. That was before I started working for the largest, most incoherent and, ultimately, most corrupt humanitarian operation in UN history. Sitting bolt upright in bed, I patted around in the darkness to figure out where I was. My pillow was moist. My clock marked five-something am. It was 28th April 2004.
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