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Vol. 4 Num 283 Mon. March 15, 2004  
   
Letters to Editor


War on terror


To claim a divine, or any other, right to occupy an already occupied land on the basis of an old book and religion, or on any other basis, is a height of absurdity and arrogance. To subsequently deny that one is conducting wars and defences of colonial occupation and expansion is a height of mendacity and demonstrates a profound lack of intellectual and moral integrity, as does the constant depiction and portrayal of the victims and desperate, bloody retaliators as the instigators and perpetrators of the whole hideous, nasty and tragic mess.

These are the facts that are a significant, justified and undeniable cause of much Muslim anger and hostility towards Israel, its Western allies and others, and will continue to be so until honesty and some semblance of justice prevails. Addressing such root causes would be a far more effective and felicitous way of spending the vast amounts of money, efforts and resources directed at the various wars on terror.