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To: lurqer who wrote (28637)	9/23/2003 12:34:51 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Few would deny that a problem exists. However, the neo-con response exacerbates rather than ameliorates. OBL couldn't have hoped for more. Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf has warned that the US-led war against terrorism, including the occupation of Iraq, has helped fuel the perception of Muslims that "Islam, as a religion, is being targeted and pilloried". The remarks by General Musharraf, one of the Bush Administration's closest Muslim allies in the war on terrorism, comes as Pakistan resists US appeals to send troops to Iraq to help stabilise the country. The Musharraf Government has cited the need for greater political support in the Islamic world for the US-led occupation. General Musharraf told more than 20 world leaders and foreign ministers attending a counter-terrorism conference that the Islamic world had an obligation to reform the religious schools, or madrassahs, that "preach hatred" and to "shun militancy and extremism". But he said this would only "be feasible if the West joins us by helping to resolve all political disputes involving Muslims with justice". The New York conference on the roots of terrorism, hosted by the Norwegian Government, the International Peace Academy and Nobel peace laureate Elie Wiesel, presented a chance for governments to share their experiences in the two years since the September 11 attacks. Several leaders, including General Musharraf and French President Jacques Chirac, insisted that an effective counter-terrorism strategy required a more active effort to resolve political conflicts in the Middle East and in the disputed territories of Kashmir and to swiftly end the US occupation of Iraq. from theage.com.au JMO lurqer