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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (5628)	12/2/2002 2:12:28 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

Boeing film shows attack on Muslims By Michael Paterson (Filed: 02/12/2002) A promotional film made by Boeing that shows an attack on a fictional Islamic city has been condemned as "irresponsible" and "insensitive" by Muslims. The film, titled "The Army - Objective Force: Realising the Vision", is being shown to British firms to promote the next generation of battle technology. It shows buildings being blown up by unmanned aircraft and tiny high-speed robot tanks. Mosques are clearly seen in the film, which resembles a video game and features a heavy assault in the year 2016 on a fictitious town called Takkbu. A narrator says the new technology, heavily reliant on satellites, aims to eliminate all collateral damage. Mosques and hospitals are given as examples of buildings that must not be hit. Boeing, which has a multi-million dollar order from the Pentagon to provide technology for America's Future Combat Systems programme, is attempting to interest British companies in sub-contracted work. It is likely that the Ministry of Defence will eventually adopt parts of the programme. An industry representative said he was "taken aback" by the presumption that America's future wars would be against Islamic countries and found the film "distasteful". Iqbal Sacranie, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: "This is very insensitive. It endorses a strong feeling prevailing among Muslims that this so-called War on Terror by America is a war on Islam. A film like this is irresponsible." However, a Boeing spokesman said: "This is not about West against East. The technology is part of a new type of warfare; one in which gathering information is critical." news.telegraph.co.uk

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (5628)	12/2/2002 10:59:51 PM
From: Jdaasoc	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

'Al-Qaida' Statement Claims Kenya Attacks By MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press Writer AP/Karel Prinsloo [31K] CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — A statement attributed to al-Qaida claimed responsibility Monday for last week's car-bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya and the attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner the same day. The statement, posted on an Islamic Web site, called the Thursday's attacks a Ramadan greeting to the Palestinian people and referred to the al-Qaida attacks against U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, which killed 231 people — including 12 Americans — and wounded more than 5,000. ``At the same place where the 'Jewish Crusader coalition' was hit four years ago ... here the fighters of al-Qaida came back once again to strike heavily against that evil coalition. But this time, it was against Jews,'' the statement said. It was impossible to verify the veracity of the claim. In Washington, U.S. counterterrorism officials said they considered the claim credible and part of growing evidence that al-Qaida was involved in the Kenya attacks. Three suicide bombers attacked the Paradise Hotel, killing 10 Kenyans, three Israelis and the three bombers. Just minutes before the hotel bombing, two Strela missiles narrowly missed an Israeli charter plane departing from Mombasa's airport, in what was the first phase of the dual attack on Israelis in Kenya. The five-page claim was made in the name of ``The Political Office of al-Qaida Jihad Organization.'' Unlike four years ago, when the United States was the target in Kenya, the statement said this time the message was for Jews. ``We send them (Jews) a message: Your practices in corrupting the Earth, occupying sacred places, criminal acts against our families in Palestine ... all your practices will not pass peacefully without firing back,'' it said. ``Your children for ours, your women for ours, your elders for ours ... And in return for (your) siege on lives and livelihoods, a siege of fear and terror that we will impose on you wherever you are, land, sea or air.'' It pledged that further attacks would be carried out, saying ``it is a war between faith and the infidel, between right and wrong, between justice and injustice.'' The statement called the U.S.-led war on terrorism ``fragile,'' saying that fighters successfully attacked the Kenya hotel ``at a time when the whole world stands against them, and indeed is hunting them.'' The only other claim of responsibility came shortly after Thursday's attacks, made in a fax to news organizations in Beirut from the previously unknown Army of Palestine. Palestinian officials have denied any involvement by Palestinian groups.