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Experts: Tsunami may ease terrorism
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UNTeMac
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Jan 4, 2005, 11:03 PM
 
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapc...ism/index.html

From the article:

"'This is a golden opportunity for the United States,' says Gunaratna. The refrain that the United States and the West are losing the war of ideas, especially in the Muslim world, was the main topic at a recent conference about al Qaeda.

But counter that with images of U.S. helicopters bringing aid to places like Aceh, delivering something that insurgents can't, and Gunaratna thinks that devastation can unwittingly bring some good. That it might overwhelm the message from bin Laden, at least in Indonesia, which is after all the most populous Islamic country in the world."
Interesting angle I hadn't thought about. Unaffected areas may still have the reports of US aid spun by terrorists but given the millions of people affected, we could make a dent in ideology here.

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Jan 4, 2005, 11:07 PM
 
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Jan 5, 2005, 12:01 AM
 
Originally posted by vmarks:
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Jan 5, 2005, 02:17 AM
 
Originally posted by Krusty:
Especially when you've pledged a total of 350 mil so far (which is what ? ... approximately how much we spend in 8 hrs in the Iraq war)
7 minutes actually.

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