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Him and them

Al-Ahram "'So why is he coming now? Are they going to strike Iran?' wondered Hussein, a Cairo taxi driver. The 'he' in Hussein's question referred to US President George W Bush. As for the 'they', Hussein was reluctant to offer a straight answer. For him, however, it was not a strict reference to the Americans because one way or the other it also involves a hidden mention of America's regional allies: Israel and 'others'."

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