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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (256900)	8/20/2003 7:19:15 PM
From: RealMuLan	Respond to of 436258

Looking faceless terror in the eye By Phar Kim Beng atimes.com "However, if the "war on terror" continues to be fought as if the enemy really does not have a face, the implications could be severe, in three ways. First, a shield will be erected, in this case by the Bush administration, to lull the world into believing that there is nothing wrong with the policies and practices of Wahhabism in oil-rich republics. Second, those countries engaged with the United States on the "war on terror" will in the long run lose the ability to separate truly radical Islamic groups from general Muslim populations. Indeed, while many leaders like to affirm that the "war on terror" is not against Islam but against terrorists who are beyond compromise, a prolonged campaign to weed out terrorist elements in the Muslim world has the potential to lead Muslims to fear that their very civilization is under threat. Third, as radical groups remain unidentified, a sense of collective victimization in the Muslim world would emerge, leading moderate Muslims to believe they are open game to Western demonization. "