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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (4718)	9/21/2001 10:19:41 PM
From: Qone0	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

The Israelis use talk as a stalling tactic while they continue to bulldoze more Arab homes to make room for secular (non) Jews from Baltimore. If America was so concerned about human rights, they would have ordered Israel out of Lebanon, out of the territories, and guarded the Palestinians back to their land that was confiscated in 1948. International Law is used for those we want to get. Like I said. To the victor goes the spoils. Any hope that the Palestinians had for a state of their own. Osama just took away. He wanted a war to force all western thinking and people out of Arab lands so he could be the ruler of them all. Had nothing to do with Palistine. He will get his war now. Only the result will be western thinking and people everywhere. After this war is over. The war that his evil started will be for the good of everyone in the mid east. But first there will be war. You can rant and rave all you want. The instant flight 11 hit the WTC osama and all that he fights for became dead.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (4718)	9/21/2001 10:30:31 PM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27666

Egyptians, Spoon Fed Holocaust Denial, Now Serve Up bin Laden Denial By Rachel Noeman CAIRO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Egyptians voiced concern on Friday at U.S. President George W. Bush's apparent readiness to strike those he believes were behind last week's attacks on his country, calling for evidence and "an end to double standards." "Is it really (Osama) bin Laden who has planned these attacks? As long as we do not have any evidence, we cannot prove he is implicated," said Saber, 45, pausing from his work mending bicycles in a downtown Cairo workshop. "If a group in a European country had been behind the attacks, would the reaction of the United States have been the same as it is now against the Islamic countries?" he asked. Bush, in a speech to Congress on Thursday, urged foreign governments to side with the United States in a war on terror, saying the hour for military action was near and demanding that Afghanistan's Taliban rulers turn over Islamic militants believed linked to the attacks on New York and Washington. Shop owner Farouk, 58, asked why the United States would not show proof of the guilt of Saudi-born bin Laden, whom it has named as its prime suspect in the suicide-hijacks. He said he was against terror attacks against people of any religion but criticised what he said would be a futile military mission by the world's sole superpower. "The United States is just searching for any action to restore its pride, but even striking Afghanistan cannot achieve that aim," he said. Mona, 43, a dentist, urged world unity against terrorism but said she did not believe bin Laden, or any other Arab, was behind the attacks, which she condemned as against all religious teachings. "Bin Laden is not that clever. He is not such an educated person, to hear him talk, even if he has money," she said of the multi-millionaire, whose lengthy 1998 interview with Qatar's al-Jazeera television was repeated on the satellite channel late on Thursday, attracting many viewers in Cairo. An attack against the impoverished people of Afghanistan would be a "terrorist action" itself, Mona said. DOUBLE STANDARDS? Mamdouh, a 30-year-old grocer, was one of several people who said the United States showed it had double standards. "Children who are killed in Palestine are killed with American weapons, and dozens of them are being slaughtered every day, so why didn't the United States move to ensure the justice which it is now calling for?" he asked. His sentiments were echoed by Goma'a, a car cleaner, who said Americans were friends, he opposed the attacks and thought Afghanistan's ruling Taliban should hand over suspects. "But the United States should also change their policies towards Palestinians who are hit every day," he said. At least 584 Palestinians and 168 Israelis have been killed since the Palestinians began an uprising against Israeli occupation a year ago, after peace talks stalled. Ahmed, a student, said the United States was biased against Islam, should provide evidence of bin Laden's guilt, and had once helped Muslim militants in Afghanistan, whom it now considers enemies, against Soviet occupation. 15:21 09-21-01 Copyright 2001 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.