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To: Alighieri who wrote (153557)	10/17/2002 5:34:56 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1583680

After a few television appearances in which he defended his words, the ayatollah of Iran issued a death sentence and Jerry promptly apologized...you do know that Bush and Falwell are two peas in a pod...don't you? This is absurd. It is no different from saying Alighieri and the Unibomber are "two peas in a pod", because they share some ideology.

To: Alighieri who wrote (153557)	10/17/2002 5:49:45 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1583680

you do know that Bush and Falwell are two peas in a pod...don't you? No, in fact I know they are not. I remember the Balkans, but my memory is unclear about what else Clinton did in this regard. The Balkans was really multiple wars. Then there was the a number of cruise missiles strikes but I'm not sure that's big enough to count. There is also Haiti and the escalation of Somalia (escalation of the mission without escalation of the forces devoted to it, a bad combination). Tim

To: Alighieri who wrote (153557)	10/17/2002 6:14:03 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1583680

reuters.com Jerry Falwell Apologizes for Mohammed Criticism WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. preacher Jerry Falwell apologized on Saturday for calling the prophet Mohammad a terrorist, saying he meant no disrespect to "any sincere, law abiding Muslim." The apology came after top Iranian and British officials condemned the remarks, which Falwell made last week in an interview on the CBS new show "60 Minutes." "I think Muhammad was a terrorist," Falwell said in the interview. "I read enough of the history of his life written by both Muslims and -- non-Muslims, (to know) that he was a -- a violent man, a man of war." The comments angered Muslims around the world, triggering Hindu-Muslim clashes in western India on Friday and Saturday that left at least nine people dead. Earlier in the week, there were protests in Kashmir, the disputed province at the heart of a military standoff between India and Pakistan, and outside the offices of CBS News in New York. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on Wednesday condemned the remarks as encouraging violence. "What this American priest said encourages war among civilizations and also increases crises and it should be confronted," Kharrazi said. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who was in Iran to seek Tehran's support for a tough U.N. resolution on Iraq, said he regarded Falwell's comments "as much an insult to me as a Christian as they are to Muslims." Falwell, a conservative Baptist and a leading voice for the Christian right in America, said in a prepared statement that he was sorry for the hurt feelings caused by his comments. "I sincerely apologize that certain statements of mine made during an interview for (the Oct. 6 edition of) CBS's '60 Minutes' were hurtful to the feelings of many Muslims. "I intended no disrespect to any sincere, law abiding Muslim," he said. Falwell said his error came from answering a "controversial and loaded question" at the end of an hour-long interview. "That was a mistake and I apologize," he said.