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A lot of people in the pan-Arab world would like to walk away, just walk away, from Anglo/US occupation, from repressive regimes, from poverty, etc.  Or they would very much like the occupiers to walk away, just walk away, from the occupied countries.

Last I looked, only one country in the region was under what can by any stretch of the term be called Anglo/US occupation.

The world's northernmost desert wind.

by Sirocco (sirocco2005ATgmail.com) on Mon Feb 6th, 2006 at 05:20:13 PM EST
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The rest of them are under oppressive regimes which are clients of the US, or officiel enemies of the US to which the US subcontracts torture, and there is one region under occupation by a client of the US.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Feb 6th, 2006 at 05:25:23 PM EST
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