Published: 25 August 2007
Each time I lecture abroad on the Middle East, there is always someone in the audience – just one – whom I call the "raver". Apologies here to all the men and women who come to my talks with bright and pertinent questions – often quite humbling ones for me as a journalist – and which show that they understand the Middle East tragedy a lot better than the journalists who report it. But the "raver" is real. He has turned up in corporeal form in Stockholm and in Oxford, in Sao Paulo and in Yerevan, in Cairo, in Los Angeles and, in female form, in Barcelona. No matter the country, there will always be a "raver". (read more)
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i think if we really knew the truth about 9/11, vietnam, pearl harbor, the assassinations of jfk, rfk & mlk, and god knows what else, the magnitude of "our" evil empire would shock & disgust beyond belief. i really don't see myself as a conspiracy theorist but i can't help but see a connection from all of the above-mentioned tragedies...all leading to the usa's lust for power over the planet. frightening and disgusting. yes, big brother, i said that.
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