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Abdallah Schleifer, director of the Adham Center for television journalism at the American University in Cairo, credits bin Laden's canny, opportunistic broadening of his message. Instead of emphasizing his desire for a medieval-style caliphate under Islamic law--which discomfits many moderate Arabs--bin Laden crooned a greatest-hits medley of deeply ingrained Arab grievances--the death of thousands of Iraqi children under U.N. sanctions; U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, home of Muslim holy cities; the partition of Arab lands by Europe after World War I; and that ultimate red-meat issue, Israel. "The original bin Laden motif...
...fund could win some hearts. As for minds, British Prime Minister Tony Blair last week most prominently jumped into the media fray, speaking with al-Jazeera the day after bin Laden's tape aired and sending an op-ed article to Arab newspapers that made the case against bin Laden in Islamic terms: "As the Prophet Muhammad (God's peace and blessings be upon him) said to his armies: 'Do not kill women or children or non-combatants...
...times have changed even for the most super among us. It's hard to imagine teen Clark or the Tick enlisting to fight against Osama bin Laden (though al-Qaeda actually fits the mold of the comics' stateless supervillains better than Hitler and Tojo did). But both series ring differently after Sept. 11 in ways that will test how the conflict has affected pop culture. Smallville's most interesting character is not Clark but Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum), who will someday become Superman's enemy but here, for now, is a lonely if cynical rich kid who wants...
Target: Osama bin Laden...
...Remember that every agreement between Americans and Muslims is another rock on bin Laden's grave." MICHAEL M. ROSENBLATT San Jose, Calif...