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Wednesday, October 1, 2008 07:52 PM
Original article: Bill Maher vs. the "talking snake"

Iraq sects are not killing each other over who succeeded Mohammed

They're fighting over land and power and resources, as all groups do.

There will always be some of this, but the solution is education for the young, because then people see that the possibilities for the future include more than just subsistence and death.

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