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

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (8862)	10/28/2001 5:55:38 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

The controlled American media likes to say that the Arabs like to hate America and Israel as an outlet for their frustration with their corrupt leaders. Wrong. Just saw a report that in Bahrain, which is trying liberal democracy. Anger at Israel is fading fast and they cancelled a pro-intifada march. The local Imam says it would be fine to recognize Israel if they withdraw to the Green Line. The Crown Prince sympathises on Larry King with "innocent Israeli victims of terrorists". Bahrain is 15 minutes away from Saudi Arabia. May be something to the theory that Israel is just a proxy for local anger, after all. I mean, it's not as if anyone but the Palestinians cared for the Palestinians.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (8862)	10/28/2001 5:59:36 PM
From: Giordano Bruno	Respond to of 27666

Did you even read it? The article deals with autocratic governments within Islamic states. Do delusions of persecution feel really good? Take a pill for Allah's sake. In searching for the origins of Islamic extremism in the Arab world, many analysts point to the considerable restraints that autocratic governments impose on political expression. Without Western recognition of a single Arab government as a real democracy, and without serious opposition brooked in most of them, frustrated activists say dissent has been channeled into the only arena that remains relatively open -- religion. "Politics is prohibited in this society in general," said Hafez Abu Saada, secretary general of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, which the government has refused to give legal standing. "But the government can't close the mosque. washingtonpost.com