Word: sentimentals
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Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 agreed with Knowles’ sentiment...
President of the Harvard Society of Arab Students Rita Hamad ‘03 said that Sunday’s attack brings anti-Arab sentiment “a lot closer to home...
...Anti-American sentiment has peaked over the past year because of the Palestinian uprising. A primary theme in the current intifada is control over the Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, an issue that stirs powerful emotions across the Arab world. Strong U.S. political support for Israel and the fact that Israel has used U.S.-supplied F-16s and Apache helicopters against Palestinians has fanned the anti-American flames...
...Radical groups in the Arab world have traditionally opposed the U.S. because it has been an ally of the moderate Arab regimes the extremists are trying to overthrow. And, of course, American values and culture are anathema to Islamic fundamentalists. But such anti-American sentiment has grown more popular over the last decade, fueled by anger over Iraq and Israel and the perception that the U.S. is hostile to Arab interests. So, while a radical fundamentalist such as Bin Laden may hate everything that America is, the anti-American feeling on the Arab streets may be based more on Arab...
...terms than as a microclimate. Bin Laden's networks are dotted throughout the Arab and Muslim world, where they profit immensely from a climate of deep-seated hostility towards the United States. Even more complex is the fact that such hostility is seldom official government policy, but rather the sentiment on the streets to which these not-exactly-democratic governments are forced to respond. For example, Bin Laden has reportedly continued to raise funds from wealthy businessmen in the Arab world despite being identified as Public Enemy No. 1 in the U.S. And, of course, the personal profiles of some...