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To: Rambi who wrote (62449)	4/22/2002 12:52:40 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Just called my library to see whether they had it, they do, but it's out, got a hold put on. Will look forward to reading it. The librarian who took my request (their web page was down, so I had to use the old fashioned phone -- egad!) also said it was a great book. So that's another positive for it! The book discussion thread you once started--as I recall it was you, wasn't it?--sort of defuncted. Should it be resurrected for this book? Or are the readings of it too spread out? I won't get it for a bit, don't know how long. Just a thought. Thanks for the recommendation -- and pass-through thanks to X, too. I agree that we are abysmally ignorant about the history of the Middle East. I have been fascinated by the reports that some Arabs view Western intervention in the region as basically a continuation of the Crusades. Now that's a long cultural memory!

To: Rambi who wrote (62449)	4/23/2002 11:48:27 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

I haven't read that book. I have read Robin Wright's Sacred Rage: the wrath of militant Islam, and I'm reading Peter Bergen's Holy War, Inc.: inside the secret world of Osama bin Laden. I'll top it off with American Jihad: the terrorists living among us. You could research these books by interviewing some of my neighbors.... Did you see the train wreck on the news tonight? Where the Metroliner collided with a freight train near Placentia, CA? I could see the wreckage from my route. It's about a mile from where the Turkey of Mystery spent the summer between the tracks. I don't know if there's a connection, but you never know. That turkey carcass may have been a voodoo curse on the trains, and this was the payoff. I screen my calls, Penni, just in case there's a cheerful voice asking me if I'm busy.