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To: stockman_scott who wrote (75052)	8/2/2006 12:29:07 PM
From: manalagi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 361804

Rice's reference to birth pangs has Biblical resonance Sir, Your article about the anger provoked by Condoleeza Rice's phrase "birth pangs of the new Middle East" (july 31)emphasized the "new Middle East" part but neglected the significance of the term "birth pangs" Student of the bible, including many evangelical Christians will recognise this as an echo of Matthew 24:7 "Such things are bound to happen; but the end is still to come. For nation will make war upon nation, kingdom upon kingdom; there will be famines and earthquakes in many places. With all these things the birth-pangs of the new age begin" (The New English Bible, Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, 1961). It may be that some Arabs also caught the allusion. Dr. Peyton Young Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution Washington, DC 20036 US (From Leaders and Letters, Financial Times, Wednesday August 2, 2006, p.8)