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A role for Mecca in Afghanistan

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Oct 17, 2008
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Washington, DC - Wandering seven long years in the mountains of Afghanistan with hardly an end in sight, the United States has just been offered a most fortuitous fix. It likely eludes America’s current president and queuing candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, but not for long.

The fix is found in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Long considered the most stabl…

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