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To: SilentZ who wrote (143435)	3/22/2002 9:55:20 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583791

Z - I think Fatah and the Al-Aqsa Brigade are part of the PLO. There is another al-something or other brigade as well, which I think is a 3rd group under the umbrella of the PLO. (It has a lot of factions, some of which are actually factions and some of which are names that operations can be run under while the PLO maintains that it didn't order the attacks) Tim

To: SilentZ who wrote (143435)	3/22/2002 2:31:46 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583791

Z, has it occurred to you that maybe Arafat and many other Arabs are literally being held hostage by the terrorist groups and their supporters? I can guarantee you that the extreme Islamic fundamentalists apply their tactics of fear just as much to gain domestic support as they do to hurt their Jewish and Western enemies. Islam is one of the fastest growing religions for a reason, you know, and it's not because many of the converts really had a choice. Not that I'm saying that Arafat and others can't do more to combat terrorism. But I am saying that there is a real problem in the Islamic world, and the sooner Middle Easterners recognize it, the sooner they can break the self-destructive cycle. And it is my belief that Arafat is just a pawn in this tragic game. Tenchusatsu