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P#36: Taiwan for Peace. "..Am.’s China Challenge": http://tinyurl.com/a4efs :by Steven Clemans: http://tinyurl.com/9cgnb "Devil"s Game": http://tinyurl.com/7ukwe >#0 Neocons, Straussian: http://tinyurl.com/bfj8z Iraq War "Hoax": http://tinyurl.com/aqjb5 Islamic "Fury": http://tinyurl.com/eyybc Cloudy fair cool: Up 8:30, Mei back thrice, tel to go, to BkofAm A. tel again for mortgage statements etc. to 3 papers, then to o.h.: an estimator reporting small-prints, then an insurance man esplaining probably no coverage for long-term slow leaking damage under floor. Then Jin tel more for more estimators, lunch, mails, sleep. To Walgreens, 2 boxes of 300 safety coated tablets 81 mg, delayed release aspirin, $9.99 + .87 tax. To home, soon supper & emails/blog. Mei cannot find her friend's finger ring! Jun to bed early, then I quit, bed 1:40. #0: "Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam", by Robert Dreyfuss; Metropolitan Books (November 3, 2005): http://tinyurl.com/7ukwe -------------------------- "" From Publishers Weekly: Starred Review. "" "" He convincingly situates America's attempt to build an Islamic bulwark against Soviet expansion into Britain's history of imperialism in the region. "" "" for Islamic radicals in Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Syria. At times, the assistance occurred openly through the American private sector, as Dreyfuss describes in a fascinating digression on Islamic banking. "" "" (Nov.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, "" ----------------- "" From Booklist In an effort to thwart the spread of communism, the U.S. has supported--even organized and funded--Islamic fundamentalist groups, "" "" from support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in the 1950s, the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran, the ultraorthodox Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia, and Hamas and Hezbollah to jihads in Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden "" "" continued U.S. support for Iraq's Islamic Right. "" "" support from wealthy donors, the emergence of powerful figures, and politically convenient alliances have contributed to Middle Eastern hostilities toward the U.S. A well-researched and insightful book. Vanessa Bush Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved ""