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...cannot be denied that the problems which had their origin in the historic Anti-Semitism of Europe and the resulting Holocaust have been solved at the expense of the Palestinian population. The total number of refugees is in the many millions. The refugee camps are places of hopeless squalor where deep resentments fester among a doomed people with no future. They have been left there for the last 50 years to stew in their fury by governments local and far away, large and small, with little cynical regard for their lot. The massacres in the regfugee camps...
...President Bush and local leaders around the country have appealed to Americans to refrain from directing their understandable outrage at their fellow countrymen and women who happen to be of Arab origin or of the Muslim faith. The leaders of America's Arab and Muslim communities have strongly and repeatedly condemned terrorism, and most Muslim clerics denounce such actions as an unforgivable distortion of Islam. The Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee on Wednesday stated: "Arab Americans, in addition to feeling the intense depths of pain and anger at this attack we share with all our fellow citizens, are feeling deep...
...rhetoric of some of our leaders has been encouraging. In his first address to New Yorkers after the bombing, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urged Americans not to single out anyone because of religion, race or ethnic origin and pledged around-the-clock security for neighborhood mosques...
...international hip-hop compilations. Beyond his mere reach, Dre has also brought depth. Pepe Mogt, a composer who founded Tijuana's hip Nortec Collective of DJs, says, "What he did with his music was very influential for us because he created music that described the place of his origin [Compton, Calif.], which is something we try to do. Also, his sound is just incredible...
...agents combed Logan airport—the origin of two of the hijacked flights—for evidence early yesterday morning and raided two Boston area hotels yesterday afternoon in a massive operation that shut down much of the downtown area, all in an apparent effort to retrace the last steps of Tuesday’s hijackers...