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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (20480)	3/3/2002 1:31:21 AM
From: Nikole Wollerstein	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

""61 percent of Muslims believe that Arabs were not involved in the 9/11 attack and 53 percent view the U.S. unfavorably — is that the numbers aren't worse."' Wow, I thought that both numbers should be above 90%!! How did they make the survey?

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (20480)	3/3/2002 2:54:45 AM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You say the problem is Islamist terrorism; they will say it is Israeli brutality to Palestinians. You say America liberated Afghans from the Taliban; they will say we bombed innocent Afghan civilians. You say Saddam Hussein is evil; they will say Ariel Sharon is worse. You say America is a democracy; they will say it's a country whose media and politics are controlled by Jews. You say President Bill Clinton devoted the end of his presidency to creating a Palestinian state; they will tell you that America never showed them the plans. You say the problem is their lack of democracy; they will say that must be what America prefers — given the sorts of Arab-Muslim regimes it backs. This is almost word-for-word identical to the statements I'm hearing from my various Muslim friends and associates. --fl