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...former advertising industry legend who "branded" America's favorite rice was named Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy & Public Affairs last September. Her mission: to counter the widespread anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world so craftily exploited by Osama bin Laden. But a Gallup Poll published Tuesday suggests Ms. Beers has a long way to go in repositioning what she called "the most elegant brand" she'd ever promoted...
...Look at the PR efforts of the rival "brand" - al Qaeda. Bin Laden's propaganda screeds are almost always built around the plight of ordinary Palestinians and Iraqis, for whose suffering most of the Muslim world holds the U.S. at least partly responsible. Bin Laden also loves to harp on U.S. support for corrupt and authoritarian regimes in the Arab world. It's a cynical ad campaign, of course. Bin Laden has done nothing to help either the Palestinians or the Iraqis, and he's nothing if not another high-born authoritarian himself. But think of it as negative advertising...
...criminal association with the intent to obtain and transport arms, explosives and chemicals. In January, he was convicted in absentia by a Tunisian military court for belonging to a terrorist organization operating overseas. The conviction and five-year sentence for Ben Khemais, who is suspected of heading Osama bin Laden's European logistics operations from Milan, is the first guilty verdict in Europe related to al-Qaeda since Sept. 11. Three other Tunisians received sentences of up to five years from the Italian court...
Muslim extremist activity in Milan was highlighted when U.S. authorities identified the city's Islamic Cultural Institute as the main "station house" for bin Laden's network in Europe. This group is believed to be supplying operatives with false documents, lodging, money and communications. Milan prosecutor Stefano Dambruoso said last week's guilty verdicts were the first since the attacks in the U.S. that "recognized the existence on European territory of a cell that had strong links with a base in Afghanistan." The Milan cell has not, however, been caught with potential weapons, such as the toxins found in Rome...
...single issue stokes the fires of the Arab street as fiercely as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians does - that's why it takes center-stage, for example, the propaganda of Osama bin Laden. As the situation deteriorates, Abdullah is worried that failure to resolve that conflict soon may imperil the ability of moderate Arab regimes to work with the U.S. in the region, and eventually even their own survival in the face of extremist challenges...