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To: epicure who wrote (137)	7/8/2002 9:51:31 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) of 3959

X the Unknown, recently at the G8 summit, PM Tony Blair of GB made it very clear that he does not agree with US President Bush's call for Arafat's removal. I emphasized the names of the two countries above. Before the G8 summit, we could not have imagined that Great Britain would publicly disagree with the US on any issue. The Communists in their days also disagreed very publicly and even "very vehemently" (China and the USSR) However, I have yet to see Arab countries do that. As an example, recently Saddam Hussein called for oil boycott of the US. No Arab nation joined him, but neither did anyone come out against his call. I think they chickened out. India has had excellent relations with the Arab countries. They always roll out the red carpet for Arafat. However during the recent India-Pakistan tension, not one Arab country stepped forward and tell their Muslim brothers in Pakistan to stop supporting Al Qaeda, to put a stop to terrorism in India etc. So something we need to ponder as to why these Arab countries are so reluctant to express their differences publicly when they denounce the actions of the West publicly.

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