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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (10668)	10/9/2001 11:20:14 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) of 74559

is nothing cut and dry anymore ? Absolutely not. The world is a complex thing. They are no easy answers. Never were. The Palestinians are essentially silent, though they hate the US as much as Bin Laden, because there may be some good for them that may come out of the present crisis. Witness the recent US/Israel friction and the leaking of the notion that the US wants a Palestinian state. Bin Laden uses the Palestinians and the Palestinians use him. I linked an article at the Foreign Affairs thread which is disturbing. In a nutshell, it suggests that OBL's motivation is to unseat the House of Saud. King Fahd has apparently taken up residency in Europe, the long time Saudi intelligence chief has been sacked, and there is substantial conflict between the Saudi conservatives and the more liberal factions. Saudi Arabia is clearly the prize of prizes. Bin Laden's strategy may be to unseat the House of Saud and replace it with his House. Naturally, he would be the head of it. The implications for the Western world should he succeed are enormous. If he survives the present conflict, OBL has a reasonable chance of success. It is imperative that he not survive the Afghani conflict alive.

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