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Subject: Re: fundamentalism is scary

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Astrid

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Date Posted: 10:16:23 07/13/02 Sat
In reply to: Siannach 's message, "Re: fundamentalism is scary" on 22:47:08 07/12/02 Fri

>Actually, I don't think I really do exactly mean that.
> I'm not sure the conflict over Israel is the root of
>ALL terrorism. Its certainly the root of much of it
>though. Osama Bin Laden didn't mention Palestine
>until after Sept. 11th. His big deal up till then was
>American troop presence on the Holy Land (so close to
>Mecca). And the Tamil Tigers aren't really anything
>to do with the Palestine/Israel conflict either.

I think the ongoing dispute between Arab nations and Israel and the US's huge financial support of Israel (giving it one of the finest militaries in the world) is a catalyst for terrorism.

I think another catalyst is the financial ties the US has with corrupt Arab leaders, but I think Israel is bigger.

Obviously I am not saying that all conflict in the world is due to the conflict in the Middle East, but the current Islamic terrorist threat *is*, IMO. And it's more a clash of extremist religious belief than anything, which I find most frightening, because logic doesn't work in such conflicts.

A.

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