Word: terrorism
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...with hair modestly covered. Perhaps, if they were slightly open-minded, they would recognize that I am saddened by the loss of any innocent life. If they were slightly politically aware, perhaps they would speculate that I’ve been the victim of post-September 11 domestic anti-terror legislation. But few would realize how deeply I have been affected by Sept. 11—as an American, as a Muslim, and as a human being...
...bear to imagine. Over 3,000 of our fellow countrymen were brutally murdered. And at the very least, about 10,000 human beings were denied life and a chance at liberty and the pursuit of happiness when a war-hungry administration dragged my country into a War on Terror...
...seen this movie before: Israel surrounds what?s left of Yasser Arafat?s battered compound and assumes a menacing posture, vowing to act against him for failing to end terror attacks; masses of Palestinians, regardless of what they may think of Arafat?s stewardship, rally to their elected president and national icon; moderate Arab leaders warn of a regional cataclysm if the Israelis carry out their threat; and U.S. officials suggest politely but firmly that Arafat?s physical ouster would be ?unhelpful.? But each rerun of the ?Rumble in Ramallah? appears to simply confirm the aging Palestinian leader?s centrality...
...negotiate in his stead, and the PA would be left without a functioning government. That would force Israel to resume the responsibilities of the occupying power in the West Bank and Gaza, including civil administration - in the face of a population boiling with hostility and various militias and terror organizations more than ready to fight new Israeli incursions. The Bush administration is alarmed by the prospect of not just a new wave of bloodletting between Israelis and Palestinians, but also the collapse of the institutional framework for any further movement toward a two-state solution...
...against the Palestinians, the impact of a decade of sanctions on ordinary Iraqis and the presence of its troops in Saudi Arabia certainly provided a fertile propaganda for bin Laden's movement. And, if anything, the actions of the U.S. in the course of the administration's "war on terror" have substantially increased both groups - those willing to support or engage in violent against Americans; and those who view America as the enemy of Islam. U.S. diplomats working in the Arab world freely acknowledge that over the past two years, America's standing across all strata of the Arab world...