Paranoia, Persecution and Terror


	Paranoia, Persecution and Terror

Gul Agha

7-22-2009 1:00 AM

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africa, terrorism, kenya, somalia, usa, islamists

Gul Agha says:

It would be a comedy if it were not such a tragedy!

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