Kurdistan - Disneyland in the Desert


	Kurdistan - Disneyland in the Desert

pennfin

11-6-2005 2:53 AM

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kurdistan, iraq, middle east, right wing, spin

pennfin says:

Oh, that sounds wonderful. The truth is that this overly optimistic website was funded by the US right as a way to spin our Iraqi "success".

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11-7-2005 11:17 AM

rachelw

Sounds nice! But...lets put it this way...I won't be going there anytime soon!

11-7-2005 11:52 AM

amoskowitz

i would LOVE to ride a camel!!!

11-13-2005 3:51 AM

brallsplp

Oh, that sounds wonderful. The truth is that this overly optimistic website was funded by the US right as a way to spin our Iraqi "success"

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Its all one giant conspiracy!! would you care to tell us where you got this info from, and may'be give us an idea of which US right wing organization provided the funding? or, like most everything else, you come up with the first conspiracy you think up and that just becomes the way it is?

Brian

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