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Saturday, September 11, 2010



New Fisk

Nine years, two wars, hundreds of thousands dead – and nothing learnt
A man who lived by his word – and died by it

Posted by Idiot/Savant at 9/11/2010 11:28:00 PM

Labels: Lebanon, Robert Fisk, War on Terror

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