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Arab and Western countries are converging in terms of the methods they use to deal with Islamic terrorism. For example, terror bombings in Egyptian vacation resorts earlier this year led the Egyptian police to discover that disgruntled Bedouin tribes in the Sinai area (near where the bombings took place) had provided people willing to offer shelter and support to the bombers. While the police rounded up many of those involved with the Islamic terrorists, they also sought to eliminate any support for Islamic terrorists. Egyptian officials sat down with local tribal and religious leaders and came up with a list...

Arab and Western countries are converging in terms of the methods they use to deal with Islamic terrorism. For example, terror bombings in Egyptian vacation resorts earlier this year led the Egyptian police to discover that disgruntled Bedouin tribes in the Sinai area (near where the bombings took place) had provided people willing to offer shelter and support to the bombers. While the police rounded up many of those involved with the Islamic terrorists, they also sought to eliminate any support for Islamic terrorists. Egyptian officials sat down with local tribal and religious leaders and came up with a list...