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Israel Lobby's Pull Pales Next to Evil Saudi Input

Submitted by Scott Baker, Sep 25, 2007 12:40

While talking about books that support one People or another another, it's worth remembering one book that spoke against the Saudis which you will not be seeing: Alms for Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World. The book was pulled because one of its subjects, a powerful Saudi businessman with a litigious bent, managed to get the small publisher to pull it just before it was released. Without discussing the merrits of his libel claim, it is interesting that anything can, and is, written about Israel, yet when it comes to criticizing anything or anyone in the Arab world, it is an "insult" or a punishable offense. We should think about this before we sell any more American assets to that part of the world.

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to both Israel and Saudi Arabia. and the mess we are in presently in the Middle east is the proof. [MORE]	shawn	Nov 5, 2007 07:40
Shawn, we owe a big "thanks for nothing" to Saudi Arabia (ruled by intolerant religious oil despots), Bush (whose family... [MORE]	Robert Bruce Cruickshank	Nov 26, 2007 19:27
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Any one who studied basic accounting can tell a difference between an asset and a liability. Simply said, for America... [MORE]	Hamad S Alomar	Oct 1, 2007 19:39
Dear Mr. Hamad S Alomar When you run out of oil in 35 years I will compare your selling of Oil... [MORE]	Jake	Oct 19, 2007 14:47
Dear Editor, The myth Mr. Ibarhim is trying to create in his ("Israel Lobby's Pull Pales next to Evil Saudi Input"... [MORE]	Khalid AlSaeed	Sep 27, 2007 05:30
Mr. Khalid AlSaeed Actions speak louder than words [MORE]	Jake	Oct 19, 2007 14:36
The day will come when OIL will become obsolete. I am not sure when but it will happen. We will... [MORE]	Dennis D	Nov 19, 2007 07:26
Khalid AlSaeed seems to forget that ordinary Americans have some good reasons to be skeptical about Saudi Arabia: support for... [MORE]	Robert Bruce Cruickshank	Nov 26, 2007 19:13
Dear Editor, The myth Mr. Ibarhim is trying to create in his ("Israel Lobby's Pull Pales next to Evil Saudi Input"... [MORE]	Khalid AlSaeed	Sep 26, 2007 06:27
To say the nation of S.A is a major player in the game of corruption being cast on our society... [MORE]	erick	Sep 25, 2007 21:26
Well said article, only does not go deep enough. History shows that the Sunnie have been the most violent and... [MORE]	Paul A. Newell	Sep 25, 2007 18:50
Sir: I agree with your statement about "people who do not care for their own are not worthy of concern."" This... [MORE]	don adams	Sep 25, 2007 12:56
While talking about books that support one People or another another, it's worth remembering one book that spoke against the...	Scott Baker	Sep 25, 2007 12:40