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...itself, and such approval is essential in the Middle East. Nations such as Saudi Arabia might not agree to serve as staging bases without U.N. backing, and Bush can't place all the troops he'll need for the war on aircraft carriers. Other friendly Arab nations like Jordan, Egypt and Qatar need U.N. cover to deflect accusations that they are party to an attack on a brother Arab country. With U.N. sanction, it will be easier to convince ordinary Arabs that the war is legitimate and the fault is Saddam's. If the U.N. doesn't come through...
Wahed was quick to note, however, that the majority of Muslims are “the most welcoming people in the world,” and that the “silent majority who wanted us to stay [in Egypt]” far outnumbered the Islamic fundamentalists...
...thinking about that experience after arriving in the United States made him realize he had been forced to deny his heritage in exchange for safety in Egypt...
...Wahed said that he decided to affirm his heritage and not try to appease the mob, unlike his teenage days in Egypt...
...Terror strikes behind the lines aren't the only security concern facing the U.S. in the region as tension escalates. There's also the prospect of mass anti-American demonstrations that could threaten the stability of some of its key allies in the region, including Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. President Bush has already been burned in effigy many times over this year in the streets of Arab capitals, although the trigger issue until now has been the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Earlier this year, the wave of Arab anger sparked by Israel's reoccupation of West Bank cities even reached...