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...know what America wants from us." Despite a recent rise in Islamic fundamentalism, encouraged in part by a government-sponsored religious campaign, few Iraqis seem to share Osama bin Laden's repugnance for Western culture. Sitting on the lawn of Al Mustansiriyah University, geography student Hamid Lechali, 19, complained that America wants to control Iraq's huge oil reserves. But when the discussion moved away from politics, his 18-year-old girlfriend delightedly declared her favorite actors to be Tom Cruise and Nicolas Cage. "I like John Travolta too," Lechali said. If any Iraqis have sympathy for bin Laden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Live From Baghdad | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

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