Unrecognized escape sequence

[SystemTrading]

this line of code is giving the error "Unrecognized escape sequence". It gives 2 errors, one on MINI and one on the S of SEP08. This leads me to believe that the \'s are causing problems. How can I create this string?

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private[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]string[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2] strSymbol = [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2][COLOR=#800000]"CME\MINI S&P\SEP08"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Courier New][SIZE=2];
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[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

strSymbol = "CME\\MINI....