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...Klingerman virus (which supposedly arrives through the mail on a sponge in a blue envelope marked "A Gift for You from the Klingerman Foundation") all play on our fear of the worst, which, to some people, is more comforting than the unknown. Wedge-driving rumors--Jews or Arabs had prior knowledge, Arab gas-station attendants were seen celebrating, and--get this--the Swiss did it to raise the price of gold--arise from anger and hate...
...policymakers. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the campaign, now codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom, would not last "five minutes or five months," but would be a stealth war lasting years. Efforts to expand an international coalition received a boost with promises of support from Japan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Russia and Central Asian republics. But the perceived threat to Islamic groups angered Iran and triggered unrest in Indonesia and Pakistan, as well as among Taliban supporters in Kabul, who stormed and defaced the abandoned U.S embassy compound...
...many Arab politicians could win a popularity contest, even among their own constituents. But they're writing songs about former Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa, who in May became secretary-general of the Arab League. "I hate Israel," goes a chart topper of the same name by Egyptian crooner Shaaban Abdel Rahim. "But I love Amr Moussa." When the tune hit the Egyptian airwaves several months ago Moussa's standing soared. You might think that such Israel-bashing lyrics would cause some discomfort for an official whose job at the time involved his country's ultra-sensitive diplomatic relations with...
...That is the kind of undiplomatic talk that grates on Israel and the West but has made Moussa, who turns 65 this week, perhaps the most adored public servant in the Arab world. A career diplomat who held posts in India and at the United Nations, he is a man as famous for his hearty laugh as his explosive temper. In 10 years as Egypt's Foreign Minister, he sharply criticized U.S. support for Israel and Israel's treatment of Palestinians in interviews, speeches and finger-wagging lectures to visiting envoys. (His rows with former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine...
...From his new office at the Arab League headquarters just a few blocks south along the Nile from the Foreign Ministry, Moussa is determined to transform the organization into a powerful voice of Arab opinion. He wants to toss out lifetime bureaucrats and reinvigorate the 800-strong staff. Although he says that the Arab League must address wider issues, from economic growth to solidarity with Arab-Americans, the Palestinian cause will continue to dominate his agenda. He sees the conflict as a source of regional terrorism, perhaps even a factor in the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. Says Moussa...