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...weeks every year, Mecca becomes the most crowded city on earth. Set in a small valley surrounded by barren hills, the town lives on one trade, as reflected in an old local saying: "We sow no wheat or sorghum, the pilgrims are our crops." Scores of languages can be heard, and a multiplicity of cuisines is available: Arab, Indonesian, Turkish, Indian, Pakistani, Lebanese...
...were they when patients in Afghan hospitals were dying and children were without teachers because professional Afghan women were not allowed to work? Where were the protesters when innocent Africans were blown to bits while working in U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania? The terrorists rely on demonstrators to sow confusion and dissension. I hope those who opposed the war have seen the pictures of grateful Afghan citizens smiling and playing soccer and women going back to work. Americans, we love you. You are brave and loyal. PAULA MARNITZ Cape Town
Those like the Taliban who practice extremism in religion and politics sow the seeds of their own destruction [THE WAR, Nov. 19]. We know why these extremists have sought revenge on America. It is simply because the U.S. is everything the terrorists can never be as long as they follow ancient rules of intractable hatred and mistrust. ROBERT CARROLL Plainwell, Mich...
...possess 100 tanks and other armored vehicles, but they may not be deployed in ways that inflict maximum damage. Afghans tend to split their armor into small portions to use as mobile artillery or infantry support. But, says a Western analyst, "that's not how you break lines and sow confusion in the enemy's rear...
While the events of last week achieved one goal terrorists usually aim for--to sow a widespread sense of fear and uncertainty--they also raised the public's consciousness about anthrax in a way no public-service announcement ever could. Just as it would be harder to hijack a plane today than it was a month or so ago, it's now going to be a lot harder to take Americans by surprise with envelopes full of powder. If this really was another bin Laden-inspired attack, America may be safer than we think...