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...among whose citizens Bin Laden claims most of his recruits. But the escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence poses a significant obstacle to winning active Arab support for the U.S.-led anti-terror campaign. Arab governments have found it increasingly difficult to support Washington on issues such as Iraq, for example, as the continued U.S. campaign against that country and the violence in the West Bank and Gaza has fanned anti-American rage on Arab streets. And it is precisely that sentiment that Bin Laden exploits to solicit recruits, funding and support across the Arab and Muslim world...
...sure, the U.S. had plenty of reasons to believe Bin Laden would try and strike at its cities. He's tried before, for one thing, and the motivation to launch a spectacular attack would have grown exponentially over the past year as anti-American feeling surged on the Arab streets in response U.S. support for Israel...
...Anti-American anger on the Arab streets - fueled by the ongoing campaign against Iraq and by Israeli military actions against the Palestinian uprising - provides Bin Laden with a growing pool of potential recruits, often highly educated and skilled young men who are willing to die for his cause. And the passions on the street also make it more difficult for even pro-U.S. governments in the Arab world to be seen to be working too closely with Washington...
...While determined to hit hard against both the perpetrators and their protectors, U.S. officials will also be mindful of the danger of taking actions - particularly any that cause suffering among innocents - that widens the anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world on which Bin Laden feeds...
...trickiest aspect of the Bin Laden equation may be Pakistan. Despite being a close ally of the U.S. during the Cold War, Afghanistan's nuclear-armed neighbor is also a hotbed of anti-American Islamic radicalism. Pakistan has reportedly promised full support for a U.S. retaliation against Bin Laden, including allowing Pakistani airspace to be used by U.S. planes to strike Afghanistan. But President Bush's comment that Washington would have to wait and see what that means suggests the U.S. is not sure of the extent of Pakistan's commitment to the battle against Bin Laden. But Pakistani intelligence...