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  • Reaping What It Sowed

    05/03/2005 11:42:49 PM PDT · by neverdem · 5 replies · 521+ views
    NY Times ^ | May 4, 2005 | THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
    OP-ED COLUMNIST In the last few weeks not only has Iraq been destabilized by days with multiple suicide bombers, but Egypt and Saudi Arabia have also witnessed similar attacks by jihadist fanatics. How do you get so many people to commit suicide on demand, day after day? What's going on? In part the Arab-Muslim world is reaping something it sowed. Way too many Arab intellectuals and religious and political leaders were ready to extol suicide bombing when it was directed against Israelis. Now they are seeing how this weapon of nihilism - once sanctified and glorified - can be used...