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| Hoon wobbles |
| 2001-10-30 |
Geoff Hoon, the British defense secretary, says a pause in the bombing for Ramadan "is something we are looking at very seriously." His American counterpart, Donald Rumsfeld, gets it right, noting that the Taliban and al Qaeda "are unlikely to take holiday." Rumsfeld adds: "Given the fact that they have killed thousands of Americans and people from 50 or 60 other countries, and given the fact that they have sworn to continue such attacks, we have an obligation to defend the American people." He also notes that "there have been any number of conflicts between Muslim countries, and between Muslim countries and non-Muslim countries, throughout Ramadan." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |