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2003-12-01 Middle East

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Posted by tipper. 2003-12-01 9:41:23 PM|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yeah, he's right... this will never be printed in arabic newspapers. What they print in english and what they print in arabic are 2 completely different things.

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2003-12-1 10:11:53 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com] 2003-12-1 10:11:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Dear DPA:

I'm not so sure of this...One that it will not be printed in Arabic, or even if not, that then this doesn't matter.

Is is in a Saudi newspaper...and I am seeing more and more of these kinds of sentiment in writing. I think that this is good.

I grant you that the pace of chance in Arab opinion is far too slow for my inpatient heart, but think about this...even just two years ago they were completely in denial, and nothing like this would see the light of day, even in an English language newspaper.

I concede that you can find ten bad spewings of Arab hate for every article like this one.

But thanks for posting this, Tipper...there isn't much good news out there...this is a start.

Best Wishes,

Traveller

Posted by Traveller 2003-12-1 10:25:08 PM|| 2003-12-1 10:25:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Traveller, I've been noticing a change in tone too... I actually talked about it on my blog recently. But I'm not sure if this is actually a change in arab public opinion or if it's just the Saudi government's reaction to terrorism hitting the homeland. Also, if it's not printed in Arabic then it's just PR for American approval... The vast majority of Arabs will never read it unless it's in arabic.

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2003-12-1 10:34:32 PM|| [http://brighterfuture.blogspot.com] 2003-12-1 10:34:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 DPA's final assessment rings true - it's pretty much PR. In the meantime, large sums of money continue to flow out of SA to fund terrorist operations and to promote extreme Wahhabism here at home. Sorry Traveller, but I cannot share in your rosy assessment based on what even you admit is a paucity of such views in SA.... a situation which is true for almost all of the Middle East.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2003-12-2 2:01:05 AM|| 2003-12-2 2:01:05 AM|| Front Page Top

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