Dear Alison
thanks for the reference, much appreciated. I doubt though if anyone really
understands the complexities of the ME (unfortunate usage that me ducks),
me, you or Robert Fisk included.
I don't even understand the complexities of central Leicester let alone
anywhere else.
Care
Dave
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From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: Robert Fisk
> Hi David -
>
> This article here
> http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=6565
> analyses the methodology of the study, conducted by researchers from the
> Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Columbia University
> School of Nursing, and the College of Medicine at Al-Mustansiriya
University
> in Baghdad. I've read others by people who know their statistics, and they
> all concluded the methodology was scrupulous. As I said, this study was
> widely discredited by the UK and US governments, surprise surprise
surprise.
>
> I know quite a few Christian Arabs. And quite a few who don't claim any
> religion at all. So your generalisation strikes me personally as very
> inaccurate, as bad as generalising all Muslims as fanatical
fundamentalists.
> And if anyone understands the ethnic complexities of the ME, I would
suggest
> it would be Robert Fisk.
>
> Best
>
> A
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> Alison Croggon
>
> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
> Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
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