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04-12-2004, 19:08

From a book that I am currently reading.....

"Of greater concern to the governments of the region (ASEAN)is growing popular antipathy for the United States. Already the Muslims in Southeast Asia believe the war on terror is really a war on Islam. Second, they are infuriated with the hypocrisy of U.S. foreign policy, as the United States embarked on a diplomatic course of action against North Korea. As Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohammed remarked:"The fact that North Korea's open admission that it has weapons of mass destruction has met with only mild admonishment by the West seems to prove that indeed it is a war against Muslims and not against the fear of possession of weapons of mass destruction by the so-called rogue countries." He warned that the "attack against Iraq will simply anger more Muslims who see this as being anti-Muslim rather than anti-terror." As prone to rhetoric at Mahathir is, he was accurately reflecting the sentiments of the majority of Southeast Asians. "

from Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror by Zachary Abuza

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04-12-2004, 19:08	#163
Roycroft201 Guest Posts: n/a	Any comments ? From a book that I am currently reading..... "Of greater concern to the governments of the region (ASEAN)is growing popular antipathy for the United States. Already the Muslims in Southeast Asia believe the war on terror is really a war on Islam. Second, they are infuriated with the hypocrisy of U.S. foreign policy, as the United States embarked on a diplomatic course of action against North Korea. As Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohammed remarked:"The fact that North Korea's open admission that it has weapons of mass destruction has met with only mild admonishment by the West seems to prove that indeed it is a war against Muslims and not against the fear of possession of weapons of mass destruction by the so-called rogue countries." He warned that the "attack against Iraq will simply anger more Muslims who see this as being anti-Muslim rather than anti-terror." As prone to rhetoric at Mahathir is, he was accurately reflecting the sentiments of the majority of Southeast Asians. " from Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror by Zachary Abuza Comments ?