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To: epicure who wrote (4402)	11/9/2003 9:36:24 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Going after a Saudi enclave is an interesting strategy for the terrorists. Obviously part of the message is, "We can operate in Saudi Arabia, don't help the West." For a long time I've been reading about why the Saudi government funded militant groups (out of fear they paid them off to keep them from destabilizing SA)- if we, the US, put too much pressure on SA (and the rest of the ME) to "deomcratize" itself, we might just destabilize the place. Our government did not understand the culture of Iraq, and now I worry that they don't get the whole region. These countries can't "loosen up" and turn more democratic without the real possibility that the region becomes something more like Iran, than some little laboratory for democracy. Democracy is nowhere near as likely as the myriad other possibilities. ..................... Blast Shatters Housing Enclave in Saudi Capital By NEIL MacFARQUHAR Published: November 9, 2003 Associated Press Rescue workers canvassed destroyed buildings in Riyadh this morning after an explosion in a residential compound in the Saudi capital. Reuters Heavy construction equipment was brought into the compound to assist in the rescue efforts. AIRO, Sunday, Nov. 9 — Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, was rocked by a huge explosion just before midnight Saturday in what the country's Interior Ministry described as a terrorist attack against a residential compound. The interior ministry reported that 11 people were killed in the attack. nytimes.com

To: epicure who wrote (4402)	11/9/2003 4:22:02 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

There isn't any country on earth you couldn't find fault with. It's one thing to be able to see one's country's faults and another to not be able to make distinctions between different levels of abuses. By world standards, the US is one of the freest and most just countries on earth - as you well know. Pretty much everyone imprisoned in the US is guilty of a crime. Our laws are set by democratically elected legislatures. And our legal system extends more rights to the accused than just about anywhere else in the world.