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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (2818)	11/11/2003 5:03:52 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

chinu, you said....." Lorne, you and I have had the fundamental difference of opinion in that I have maintained that terrorism of the kind we have been witnessing recently has nothing to do with the Islam religion. "..... Amazing, just amazing that anyone could think and believe that islam has nothing to do with terrorism...you must be joking...a bad joke...or maybe you are just looking for someone to argue with. Here>>>> 'PREACHERS OF HATE' 'The Jews did it!' New Timmerman expose examines Islam's war on America November 10, 2003 ...." In the West Bank town of Nablus, on Sept. 11, 2001 several thousand people poured into the streets shortly after news of the attacks on America was broadcast on Palestinian state radio. "Demonstrators distributed candy in a traditional gesture of celebration," Associated Press reporter Mohammad Daraghmeh noted. Daraghmeh captured a poignant moment in what appeared to be a spontaneous outpouring of anti-American hate. "Nawal Abdel Fatah, 48, wearing a long, black dress, threw sweets in the air, saying she was happy because 'America is the head of the snake, America always stands by Israel in its war against us.' Her daughter Maysoon, 22, said she hoped the next attack would be launched against Tel Aviv." Smaller demonstrations took place later that afternoon and early evening in the Arab quarters of Jerusalem, where young children were led in chanting anti-American slogans by adults. "Some drivers passing the scene honked their horns and flashed victory signs from their windows." In the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, an Associated Press photograph snapped pictures of Palestine Liberation Organization fighters celebrating by firing assault rifles into the air at the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp when news of the attacks on America was broadcast. In one sense, the attacks were "not good because innocent people suffered," said Ahmed Ali, 40, a Palestinian cook who worked in a restaurant in East Jerusalem. "But it's good because America is the only country that supports the Israeli oppression. They are right now suffering as we are suffering. ... I tell you on behalf of the Palestinian people that we are really happy at what happened." Arabs living in the West expressed similar "comprehension" of the attacks and the motives of the attackers. In the Washington, D.C., suburb of Fairfax, Va., public-school officials ordered high-school students to return home by noontime on the day of the attacks. "They closed the schools not out of fear of a terrorist attack, but because Muslim students were shouting for joy," said David Keene, president of the American Conservative Union. Keene told the story at a highly charged session of conservative activist Grover Norquist's weekly "coalitions" meeting in Washington the next day. Norquist, whose Islamic Institute had hired as executive director a former lobbyist for the pro-Hamas American Muslim Council, sat stony-faced as friends of Barbara Olson, the wife of U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, told the story of Barbara's final moments on board American Airlines Flight 77 before terrorist Hani Hanjour crashed it into the Pentagon. "We sympathize with you, but you've got understand," pleaded one of Norquist's associates from the Islamic Institute, in an effort to explain why some American Muslim groups weren't cooperating with the FBI. "Our people are afraid of getting scapegoated." "No, you've got to understand," thundered the normally soft-spoken Keene. "Thousands of Americans have just been murdered, and 'your people' were cheering when they heard the news." ..... Full article.>>>> worldnetdaily.com