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In response to the critical comments made about him by singer Natalie Maines in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq , President George W. They can say what they want to say. We do not want this war, this violence. Fellow country star Toby Keith famously joined the fray by performing in front of a backdrop that featured a gigantic image of Natalie Maines beside Saddam Hussein.

The economic and emotional impact of all this on the members of the Chicks is documented in the documentary Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing. In its opening sequence, one can see how popular and how far from controversial the Chicks were just prior to this controversy, when they sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl. In , after a year hiatus, the Chicks released a new album, "Gaslighter.

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