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To: tejek who wrote (209382)	10/30/2004 4:55:06 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 1578071

Tejek, RE: "I don't see any confusion in his message. He is saying don't attack Muslims. He also says that he got the idea to attack the US when he saw Reagan help the Israelis in Lebanon which turned into a disaster for us." I don't see any confusion in his message. But CNN's Senior Editor I believe is a bit confused. My post was in reference to the lady that translated the message, not his actual message which is clear. She said (incorrectly) said that bin Laden said "don't attack al Qaeda", when in fact, bin Laden said "don't attack us", i.e. Muslims, and he said "like how USA/Israel did when Lebanon towers were attacked in 1982." There's a huge difference between CNN saying his message is: "If you don't attack al Qaeda, we won't attack you" is drastically different than this: "If you don't attack Muslim countries such as Lebanon and if you change USA policy so you don't support Israel's attacks on Muslims, then we won't attack you." The first translation avoids the underlying USA Policy issue. The second translation makes it real clear what the issue is. My point is: CNN should have used the second translation, not the first. The first translation avoids or tippy toes around the USA policy that's at issue. Regards, Amy J