Ten to 15 of my childhood friends from Minsk died of cancer. Chernobyl kills.
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Ten to 15 of my childhood friends from Minsk died of cancer. Chernobyl kills.
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of a great empire.
Beyond Iraq, I am also profoundly worried about the continuing meltdown of Syria, which is a geopolitical Chernobyl. Until it is capped, it is going to continue to spew radioactive instability and extremist ideology over the entire region.
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