Saudi blogger jailed


	Saudi blogger jailed

masbury

1-2-2008 7:03 PM

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masbury says:

America's ally hard at work preventing free speech.

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1-2-2008 10:51 PM

righthand

America's ally hard at work against free speech.

FREE speech. Are you joking. The Saudi don't do free anything.

FREE speech. "How would we charge for that?" no, those two must be split up. At least the speech would pay.

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