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Thursday's bomb attacks in Madrid are roundly condemned in many Arabic language papers in the Middle East.But several editorial writers are concerned at what they see as an attempt to pin the blame on Arab terrorism before any hard evidence emerges about the identity of the perpetrators. The series of attacks on Spain two days ago is truly another crime committed against humanity and the innocent... Regardless of whoever is behind the brutal attacks... they must be condemned.Saudi Arabia Al-Watan Are we back in the Stone Age? Is this the law of the jungle, where ferocious wolves attack without mercy?......

Special Dispatch - Jihad & Terrorism Studies January 30, 2004 No. 651 The Arab and Muslim debate over supporting suicide bombings has continued in 2004. This week, Sheikh Faysal Mawlawi, the Deputy Chairman of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, stressed the need to differentiate between martyrdom, which is encouraged, and suicide, which is forbidden, saying, "I call on every Palestinian not to hesitate in carrying out such operations."(1) The January 14, 2004 suicide bombing at the Erez crossing on the Israel-Gaza border that was carried out by female bomber and mother of two young children Reem Saleh Al-Riyashi...

JEDDAH, 22 November 2003 — US President George W. Bush has said he has confidence in Saudi Arabia’s efforts to fight terrorism and implement reforms. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, a sister publication of Arab News, Bush said Crown Prince Abdullah, deputy premier and commander of the National Guard, “is an honest man... He has told me that we are joined in fighting off the terrorist organizations which threatened the Kingdom and...the United States, and he’s delivering. He has also told me that he’s going to work on reform, and I believe him.”Asharq Al-Awsat is the only newspaper...

Arab press reaction to anti-US attacks in Iraq Arab newspapers liken anti-US attacks in Iraq to Palestinian struggle against Israel, justify them as acts of resistance. By Michel Sailhan - CAIRO Arab commentators on Tuesday justified a wave of anti-US attacks in Iraq as acts of resistance against foreign occupation, comparing the deadly campaign to the Palestinian struggle against Israel. Though controlled by governments allied with the United States, such as those in Egypt and Jordan, Arab newspapers refer to a popularly-backed resistance against a US-led military occupation. US authorities have dismissed the attacks as the work of "dead-enders" loyal to ousted...

Lessons From the Killing of Uday and Qusay Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal Last week, US forces surrounded and killed the sons of president Saddam Hussein. I have never been a supporter of Saddam Hussein or his regime. Nor do I wish them well today. However, the way that Uday and Qusay were killed needs to be examined carefully so as to derive useful lessons. Let me briefly recap the events that led to their death. US forces, based on a tip-off from a friend of the Hussein family (in return for a $30 million reward), surrounded a house in Mosul in...

<p>NICOSIA, Cyprus — The war against Iraq has created a mood of torment, confusion, fear, impotence and political paralysis across the Arab world.</p> <p>From the Persian Gulf to Morocco's Atlantic coast, Arab analysts portray a region baffled by events and fearful of their consequences.</p>

Former Egyptian Minister of War Compares President Bush and His Policies to Hitler and Nazism In an article titled "Nazism Threatens the World Anew" published in the Egyptian opposition daily Al-Ahali, former Egyptian Minister of War, Amin Huweidi, compares U.S. President George W. Bush's policy to Adolf Hitler's Nazism. Following are excerpts from the article: (1) "Our generation has known days when the banners of Nazism, with the swastikas, waved in Germany, in the 1930s. We thought that after Adolf Hitler's defeat the term 'Nazism' had disappeared from the dictionaries of statesmanship... But for many weeks now this term has...

CIA Responsible for Moscow Bombing 31 October 2002 Email this story Print this story Palestinian Media Watch (www.pmw.org.il) has translated a column in the PA official daily, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, by senior columnist Fuad Abu Hajleh. Haljeh alleges that the CIA masterminded the Moscow terrorist siege to intimidate the Russians into backing the anti-Iraq resolution before the Security Council: "[Russian] President Putin´s ambassador to the Security Council is threatening to vote against the American´s proposed resolution to attack Iraq. This is how we view the operation in the Moscow theater; we are of the opinion that the sympathy and friendship that...

September 13, 2002 No.7 The Events of September 11 and the Arab Media: The New Antisemitic Myth Introduction In March 2002, MEMRI released a study of the Arab media's response to the events of September 11, titled, "A New Antisemitic Myth in the Middle East Media: The September 11 Attacks Were Perpetrated by the Jews." The study, with a foreword by Congressman Tom Lantos, is available online at http://www.memri.org/sr.html and as a PDF file at: http://www.memri.org/book/AntisemiticMythBook.pdf . Since the release of MEMRI's study - and regardless of the information accumulated about the identities of the perpetrators - officials, journalists, and...