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What newspapers in the U.S. are sayingWhat newspapers in the U.S. are saying

Who’s clamouring for warWho’s clamouring for war

Washington Post — “The real division is between civilized people and the outlaws and killers of innocents, and it is in that choice that there is no neutral ground. The response must be as decisive to the mass murderers who planned and carried out the (World Trade Center) attack and to any nation or nations that give them shelter.”

Chicago Tribune — “For those who took a part of America’s heart there must be one uneasy assurance: Life is long. We are not finished. And it is they who must feel the terror.”

Wall Street Journal — “Like Bush, bin Laden offers Muslims a clear choice: civilization or barbarism. The attack (on the World Trade Center) is intended to intimidate America into standing aside humiliated while the Arab despots and fanatics destroy Israel and thereby prove that freedom and democracy are not after all the wave of the future.”

New York Post — “America didn’t start this war — but it must win it to achieve peace.”

Who’s urging caution Who’s urging caution

Chicago Sun-Times — “Bin Laden no more represents Islam than the leader of the Ku Klux Klan represents Christianity. The world is filled with desperate, impoverished people, and there will always be those who rejoice when a mighty, rich nation such as the United States is attacked. As horrified, as outraged, as thirsty for justice as we all are by the terrorist attacks, we also don’t want to jump to unwarranted conclusions.

New York Times — “The civilians who live in the same places that terrorists may dwell are just as ordinary and just as precious as the ones that we have lost.”

Los Angeles Times — “U.S. foreign policy has often been based more on economic self-interest than justice. Democracy and freedom are ideals to which repressed and downtrodden people worldwide aspire, and when the best hope of achieving them is assaulted, nuanced solidarity becomes a rational form of self-defence.”

What newspapers in the Middle East are sayingWhat newspapers in the Middle East are saying

Who’s wants war Who’s wants war

Jerusalem Post —“If the terrorists are to be defeated, it can only be on their home ground and at close quarters.”

Who’s urging caution Who’s urging caution

Jordan Times — “The deafening whistle of bombs must not be louder than the voice of American conscience. The Taliban are a living example of the price America has to pay every time it decides to wash its hands of a country in the aftermath of war.”

Arab News (Saudi Arabia) — “Palestine continues to yield, every day, its dead and injured. Until that stops, there can be no peace in this region and, it looks now, in many others.”

Gulf News (United Arab Emirates) — “The action in Afghanistan will create resentment from some Muslims and Arabs. America is signing a lot of blank cheques. Once the shouting has died away and the campaign against terror has become history, the commitment on Palestine still has to be honoured.” Dawn (Pakistan) — “Non-cooperation with the world coalition would have impelled the U.S. and its allies to seek India’s help (which) would not only mean political isolation (but) pose a serious danger to Pakistan’s (nuclear) assets.

Who’s issuing warnings Who’s issuing warnings

Iraqi Daily — “The U.S. and its allies will fail in Afghanistan as they did in Vietnam, Somalia and in their aggression and sanctions on Iraq.”

Who’s weaving conspiracies Who’s weaving conspiracies

Tehran Times — “There is little chance that such a huge conspiracy (like the September 11 attacks) could have been executed without collaboration with influential military and or political forces in the (U.S.)”

Iraqi Daily — “The U.S. and its allies will fail in Afghanistan as they did in Vietnam, Somalia and in their aggression and sanctions on Iraq.”

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