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Kurds show war photo: Western world rubs hands in glee
Oct 24 2007, Rhapsodysinger

Are you poor? Are you living in fear for not only your life but the collective life of your own people, your own race? Do you belong to an ethnic group prejudged as being terrorists? Are you right now hiding somewhere? Are you unwanted throughout the...

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