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...Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network remains a global terrorist threat. The challenge for the modern democracy is to protect individual liberties and at the same time act decisively against terrorists without turning into a militarized police state. We need to form a worldwide coalition of democratic countries, adopt national and international legislation that strengthens law-enforcing agencies and fight terrorism with global coordination. AMIT PRADHAN Baroda, India...
...Qaeda's New Home" [After 9/11: The Iraq Mess, Sept. 15], you described how bin Laden's network is rallying new recruits to battle U.S. forces in Iraq. It seems likely that the same political situation that made it possible for the Taliban to take control in Afghanistan will now emerge in Iraq. Foreign, mainly Arab, volunteers may enter the country in massive numbers, carrying with them one great desire: to fight the U.S. soldiers who occupy the country. The foreseeable future looks bleak when one takes into account that the voluntary jihadists have a clear-cut goal...
...Sultan insisted that the raid was based on intelligence and "was not at all to please the Americans or anyone else." Nor, he said, was it a response to the release of a tape last week in which Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, called for the overthrow of Musharraf's government. A Western diplomat in Islamabad also viewed the raid?which involved hundreds of Pakistani soldiers, two of whom were killed?as an indication that Pakistan is getting more serious in the fight against terror: "It was quite a bold move, because this is an area where...
...accusations against Saudi Arabia's fundamentalist Muslims are curious [Sept. 15]. Don't Osama bin Laden and the fundamentalists claim that the U.S. war on terrorism is really a war against Islam? If the U.S. continues on its present path, even more people will agree with that theory. If we ask Saudi Arabia to change its religious beliefs, maybe we should ask a few fundamentalist groups in the U.S. to alter theirs too. After all, some of their leaders constantly attack Islam (and Catholicism). Their hateful preaching might make a few Wahhabis blush. Let us first stop the hate...
...Outlook in Iraq Re "Al-Qaeda's new home" [sept. 15]: bin Laden's al-Qaeda network remains a global terrorist threat. The challenge for the modern democracy is to protect individual liberties and, at the same time, act decisively against terrorists without turning into a militarized police state. We need to form a worldwide coalition of democracies, adopt national and international legislation that strengthens law-enforcing agencies and fight against terrorism with global coordination. Amit Pradhan Baroda, India...