Weapons Are Big Business

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March 8, 2011

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Sher Mohammad March 8, 2011 At 10:46 PM

American society is full of fault lines and holes. Did the Arabs when they rose to power and maintained their by far the most superior civilisation and culture sold weapons of destruction? Did the Umayyad do this? Did the Ottomans engaged in such a profitable trade? But America’s darling Israel is pursuing same policy. It is time that America reads the Gospel and save itself from being assaulted by its own weapons.

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