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	Saudis waking up

Deepti

4-22-2007 3:28 AM

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saudi arabia, arab, middle east, muslim, police, religion, culture, attack

Deepti says:

I don't in any way support violence, but I'm glad to see that young Saudis are waking up. I think the time has come for a major rebellion of sorts so that the Saudis can join the modern world. I was very happy to read about the number of women increasing in their workforce

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