“The Arab and Islamic countries suffer from severe backwardness, and the Western world wants to make them even more backward.”

—  Mahdi Akef

Arab and Islamic Countries Should Obtain Nuclear Technology "For Military Purposes" http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1140.htm (June 2006)

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