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20 August, 2004
20 August 2004Salon correspondent Phillip Robertson, inside the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, HQ of the Mahdi Army: "'Why does America hate poor people so much?' That was a common refrain..." After three days with the Mahdi Army under seige in the shrine, Robertson reports news at sharp odds with the rest of the press stuck outside. But besides noting an atmosphere of religious fervor, he has little to say about the fundamentalism of the Mahdi Army. Did he miss the story? Or is the media overplaying the God card? Read more...
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