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"The OAS Has imposed sanctions! Colombia, Peru, Ecuador,Bolivia, Venezuela," Elsa counted them off with her fingers "even the gringos, they've all broken relations!" She and Roberto had been out on the boat Sunday and seen an American warship on the horizon" |
Alvarez Book In the Time of the Butterflies ch 12. Idk pg # III |
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" 'why did the gringos pull out?' I wanted to know. 'they got cold feet. Afraid we're all communist. They say they don't want another Fidel. They'd rather have a dozen Trujillos' " |
Alvarez Book In the Time of the Butterflies ch ?. pg #? III |
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"We stand for freedom and they hate it. We are rich and they envy us. We are strong and they resent this..." |
Newsweek Why do they hate us? THE POLITICS OF RAGE 1 I & III |
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"The United States... was a glamorous one. Britain & France were fading, hated empires...... But America had emerged from WWII richer, more powerful and appealing than ever" |
Newsweek Why do they hate us? THE POLITICS OF RAGE 1 III |
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Today, Iraq's sovereignty is destroyed. Its cultural heritage has been looted or vandalised. Its natural resources have been squandered, and its once-elaborate and sophisticated infrastructure has been laid to waste. |
Al-Chalabi New Statesman Why the US should apologise. 1 I |
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The dismantling of the Iraqi state was at the heart of the US invasion. The war was never intended to be one of liberation; there was never an exit strategy.
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New Statesman Why the US should apologise. 1 I |
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The ultimate goal was to control Iraq's vast oil and gas resources and to remove Iraq as a military and political threat to Israel.
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New Statesman Why the US should apologise. 1 I |
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U.S.-trained rebels who recently returned to Syria said Wednesday they have lost contact with one of their officers and that they are investigating reports that he defected and handed over his weapons to al-Qaida's branch in the country.
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Deeb Canadian Press US-trained Syrian rebels investigate whether their officer defected, gave weapons to al-Qaida 1 II |
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...the group of about 70 rebels returned to Syria after training in Turkey as part of the U.S. program to train and equip rebels to take part in the fight against the Islamic State group.
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Canadian Press US-trained Syrian rebels investigate whether their officer defected, gave weapons to al-Qaida 1 II |
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The Taliban are doing well in their seasonal military campaign, having recently taken three northern provinces from government forces trained, but no longer bolstered, by U.S. personnel.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) The US should focus on leaving Afghanistan 1 II |
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In the meantime, developments in Afghanistan remain a moving picture, with little U.S. capacity to determine their outcome.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) The US should focus on leaving Afghanistan 1 II |
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They are known to have assassinated many individuals who the US Government considered enemies.
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Wheeler Manawatu Standard Trained seals a disgrace 1 II |
