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- ↑ Ahmari, Sohrab [@sohrabahmari] (September 27, 2023). "Mike: because I'm not a hack propagandist like you, I've written about both sides' brutalities during the 1988-94 war…Meanwhile you're playing down—no, cheering—an ongoing, current ethnic cleansing" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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