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After iraq, there's been libya, there's syria, and the rhetoric of, you know, democracy versus radical islam. when you look at the countries that were attacked, none of them were wahhabi islamic fundamentalist countries. those ones are supported, financed by the u.s., so there is a real collusion between radical islam and capitalism. what is going on is really a different kind of battle.

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After Iraq, There's Been Libya, There's Syria,

Arundhati Roy

After iraq, there's been libya, there's syria, and the rhetoric of, you know, democracy versus radical islam. when you look at the countries that were attacked, none of them were wahhabi islamic fundamentalist countries. those ones are supported, financed by the u.s., so there is a real collusion between radical islam and capitalism. what is going on is really a different kind of battle.

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