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Saturday, February 03, 2018



New Fisk

As my recent trip to Syria proved, wars can be at their most dangerous when they're coming to an end

Posted by Idiot/Savant at 2/03/2018 12:57:00 AM

Labels: Robert Fisk, Syria

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