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...everyone seems glad to be having the debate. Rumors of his demise started circulating 18 years ago, when he was first reported to have died in Baghdad. Now that the end seems certain, "there is a collective sigh of relief everywhere that he no longer exists," says Abdul Bari Atwan, editor of the pan-Arab newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi, based in London. Sometimes the enemy of my enemy is still the enemy. --Reported by Azadeh Moaveni/Cairo, Matt Rees/Jerusalem and Douglas Waller/Washington
...delighted at the tape's atmospherics- the air of relaxed enjoyment, the camaraderie and kissing, the excited praise by the sheik ("A plane crashing into a tall building was out of anyone's imagination. This was a great job"). Bin Laden seemed on top of the world. Abdul Bari Atwan, editor of the London-based newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi, has interviewed the al-Qaeda leader and noticed a change in the man he had met five years ago. "I was watching his body language," says Atwan, "and he is in a joyful, very happy mood. He rarely smiles...
...most newspapers and TV stations in the Middle East played the story straight, accepting that the tape was authentic. That doesn't mean it will change the minds of those who oppose the war. "I don't believe it will have a huge impact on the Muslim world," says Atwan, the editor of al-Quds. "It's too late. It's like accusing somebody of murder and executing him, and then saying 'Now we found the evidence.'" For Atwan and many other commentators, the point is not bin Laden's responsibility for attacks like those of Sept. 11; that...
...views-and-news channel based in Qatar, asserted that Northern Alliance troops were mostly shooting those from Arab nations who had gone to help the Taliban. Though Rumsfeld clearly said he opposed such executions, it seemed to many Arab journalists that he was implicitly condoning them. Charged Abdelbari Atwan in the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi: "This is racist hatred in its ugliest form...
...think sometimes people tend to become more motivated [by the display of the letters] when they don't succeed with some firms," Atwan said...