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Submitted by john (United States), Nov 10, 2010 at 11:45

yes, islamic "unity"..........LOLZ.........the middle east under islam has always been a fractious place. umyyads fighting abbasids, mamlukes fighting ottomans, iraqis fighting iranians. just one big happy region under one big happy unified religion......

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