Posted by: zanshin, 2007-11-27 11:47

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Date: 2007-11-27 (Tuesday)
“They [= the Arabs] are very worried about militancy and their public’s great sympathy with Hezbollah and Hamas.
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They were all stunned by the Hamas takeover of Gaza” in June.
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The countries of the gulf in particular, are worried about regional stability, about their kids and about jeopardizing their extraordinary economic power.
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The moderate Arab states are vulnerable to militancy because of the Arab-Israeli conflict and Iraq, and they want to reduce their vulnerability.”
-- Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat professor of government at the University of Maryland, speaking by telephone from Cairo






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