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Racism against Arabs and Muslims long preceded the 9-11 terrorist attacks and has much of its roots in Western imperialism in the Middle East, especially Israel's colonization of Palestine. Yet, the escalation that we witness today can be traced to the war on terror launched after 9-11 by Bush and his neoconservative ideologues with the backing of

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birdog
Sept. 6, 2006, 9 p.m.
What a bunch of crap
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Pisces84
Sept. 6, 2006, 9:32 p.m.
I do not mean to offend anyone, but most of the people I work with and go to school with you hate Muslims and wish them ill are Republicans and "Christians". As far as the racism towards Arabs, yes I have seen and heard some nasty things from White, Black and other groups about them. But, I hate to say it, but all my Left friends seem to support them the most.
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Chunjinhao
Feb. 26, 2007, 12:48 p.m.
If "Israel's colonization of Palestine" then what would we say Jordan did? Over 98% of Jordanian population are Palestinians. Jordan is Palestina given to "father King" by English Christians... "Father king is not Christian and nor either Jewish"... Also the fact that 99% of terorists are Arabs.
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