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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (693)	9/21/2001 12:09:40 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

Yes, the Ayatollah Khomeini was well known for being careful and circumspect about inflaming emotions.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (693)	9/21/2001 6:10:27 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I defer to Win Smith and his comments on the psychological warfare issue. My main point, however, remains that we need to have the active support of Muslim nations so that the terrorists, after being routed out of Afghanistan (I don't presume we'd be able to catch many of them) have nowhere to hide, nowhere to set up a communications network, nowhere to do their banking, etc. The easiest way to lose support of Muslims is to enter into military actions that end up killing civilians indiscriminately. If that happens, they will ask, "Why is the U.S. any better than the terrorists?" Art