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...Saddam's comeback was the hot topic on the sidelines. Ten years after the United Nations slapped sanctions on Iraq for invading Kuwait, the issue was not whether to lift them, but how. Saddam's envoy Izzat Ibrahim even planted a kiss on the forehead of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi Defense Minister who hosted Operation Desert Storm in 1991. "Iraqis love Saudi Arabia," said Ibrahim...
...three-year drought and U.N. sanctions, Afghans must confront human-rights abuses and appalling treatment of women. Given these factors, why should the world fail to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan just because it houses a hated enemy of the West? To hell with Osama bin Laden. We cannot justify victimizing millions because of one terrorist. We must help the Afghans, and we will. SAVI MULL Lucknow, India...
...border into already impoverished Pakistan. It is indeed gracious of TIME to give information for making donations for the Afghan drought victims at the end of the article. But would someone with a conscience please ask Uncle Sam to stop the onslaught of reprisals against just one man, Osama bin Laden? RIAZ JAFRI Rawalpindi, Pakistan...
...fairness to the responsible journalists, some writers try to make the distinction between "Islam" and "Islamic fundamentalism." But their efforts are futile because Americans understand so little about Islam and because the media coverage of Islam is characteristically negative. Stories abound about the ruthlessness of the Taleban, Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, and the oppression of women in Muslim nations. As long as the front pages of our newspapers run such stories, the mere association of terrorists with Islam--the mere usage of the terms Islamic fundamentalist or Islamic extremist--threatens to further exacerbate the cleavage between Muslims...
...networks will be unable to persuade the masses. But America needs to take the first step. This might mean loosening sanctions on Iraq and/or taking a more neutral stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And it definitely means educating the American people about Islam. Before America can vanquish Osama bin Laden, it must vanquish its own ignorance...