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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BubbaFred who wrote (8026)	2/14/2003 12:47:59 AM
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It's not all about oil ---->Mecca Cola Challenges US Rival news.bbc.co.uk Coke is no longer it. Or at least it won't be if Tawfik Mathlouthi has anything to do with it. Ultimately it is the consumer who will make the decision Coca-Cola Mr Mathlouthi is the French entrepreneur behind Mecca Cola, a new soft drink designed to cash in on anti-American sentiment around the world. He hopes to make Mecca Cola the soft drink of choice for Muslims everywhere and thus push out that icon of American capitalism Coca-Cola. It is all about combating "America's imperialism and Zionism by providing a substitute for American goods and increasing the blockade of countries boycotting American goods," Mr Mathlouthi told BBC News Online.