Original sentence: However, the coverage itself was intrinsically biased by the fact that internet penetration in Iraq was already very weak (estimate of 12,000 users in Iraq in 2002 ), and the deliberate destruction of Iraqi telecommunication facilities by US forces made internet communication even more difficult
Edited sentence: However, the coverage itself was intrinsically biased by the fact that internet penetration in Iraq was already very weak (estimate of 12,000 users in Iraq in 2002 ), and the deliberate (and illegal) destruction of Iraqi telecommunication facilities by US forces made internet communication even more difficult