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February 4, 2011

McCain Compares Arab Pro-Democracy Movement to a "Virus" 
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While protests continue across the region, Former Republican
presidential candidate Senator John Mc Cain of Arizona has described the
growing popular movements in the Arab world as a "virus" that must be
countered. He made the comment in an interview on Fox News.

Sen. Mc Cain: "This virus is spreading throughout the Middle East. The
president of Yemen, as you know, just made the announcement that he
wasn't running again. This, I would argue, is probably the most
dangerous period of history in—of our entire involvement in the
Middle East, at least in modern times."



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