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Arabs are a complete abstraction in the propaganda world and all the death and destruction is completely unreal to Americans.

Aleksandar Hemon

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Aleksandar Hemon
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 9
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of Sarajevo
Death
Arabs
World
Unreal
Abstraction
Propaganda
Complete
Destruction
Americans
Completely

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