September 21, 2012

The Kremlin's Conspiracy Theorists

Michael Bohm, Moscow Times

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The wave of anger in North Africa and the Middle East over the anti-Islam video "Innocence of Muslims" underscores several troubling similarities between anti-Americanism in Russia and the Muslim world. Injured pride is at the top of the list.

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TAGGED: anti-Americanism, Islamism, United States, Russia, Kremlin

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