Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
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| - | '''Oriana Fallaci''' ([[29 June]] [[1929]] - [[15 September]] [[2006]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[journalist]], [[author]], and political interviewer. A former [[Italian resistance movement|partisan]] during [[World War II]], she had a long and successful journalistic career. | ||
| - | She interviewed many internationally known leaders and celebrities such as the [[Dalai Lama]], [[Henry Kissinger]], the [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah of Iran]], [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], [[Willy Brandt]], [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], [[Walter Cronkite]], [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]], [[Federico Fellini]], [[Sammy Davis Jr]], [[Nguyen Cao Ky]], [[Yasir Arafat]], [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Alexandros Panagoulis]], Archbishop [[Makarios III]], [[Golda Meir]], [[Nguyễn Văn Thiệu]], [[Haile Selassie]], [[Sean Connery]] and [[Lech Walesa]]. | + | '''Nguyễn Văn Thiệu''' ({{IPA-vi|ŋʷǐənˀ vān tʰîəwˀ|lang|Nguyen Van Thieu.ogg}}; 5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was the [[President of South Vietnam|president]] of [[South Vietnam]] from 1965 to 1975. He was a general in the [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] (ARVN), became head of a [[military junta]], and then president after winning a scheduled election. He established rule over South Vietnam until he resigned and left the nation a few days before the [[fall of Saigon]] and the ultimate [[North Vietnam]]ese victory. |
| - | After retirement, she returned to the spotlight after writing a series of articles and books critical of [[Islam]] and [[Arab]]s that aroused both support as well as controversies and accusations of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]]. | ||
| - | == After 9/11 == | ||
| - | After [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]], Fallaci wrote three books critical of [[Islamism|Islamic extremists]] and [[Islam]] in general, and in both writing and interviews warned that Europe was "too tolerant of [[Muslim]]s." The first book was ''[[The Rage and the Pride]]'' (initially a four-page article in ''[[Corriere della Sera]]'', the major national newspaper in Italy). She wrote that "sons of Allah breed like rats" and in a ''Wall Street Journal'' interview in 2005, said that Europe was no longer Europe but "[[Eurabia]]". ''[[The Rage and the Pride]]'' and ''[[The Force of Reason]]'' both became bestsellers. | ||
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| - | There was also ''[[Oriana Fallaci intervista sé stessa - L'Apocalisse ]]''. | ||
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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (Template:IPA-vi; 5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was the president of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1975. He was a general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), became head of a military junta, and then president after winning a scheduled election. He established rule over South Vietnam until he resigned and left the nation a few days before the fall of Saigon and the ultimate North Vietnamese victory.
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