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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 20:10:15 -0500
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:00:34 -0800 To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu> From: Einar Stefferud <stef () nma com> Jewish World Review - Nov. 26, 2001 Dead men walking - by Thomas H. Lipscomb THE Islamic world after the terrorist attack of September 11th is teetering on the edge of massive change. There may well be global realignment as extensive as the collapse of the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact in 1989. In retrospect Osama bin Laden may be seen as the most effective terrorist since Gavrilo Princip killed the Hapsburg heir Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914. Young Princip's goal was the removal of the Austro-Hungarian rule of Serbia, not the destruction of the entire structure of monarchic Europe that resulted. But Osama bin Laden should be credited with knowing exactly what he was trying to achieve. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Thomas H. Lipscomb is the director of the Center for the Digital Future in New York. An editor and publisher for many years, most recently as head of Times Books, he is also the founder of two public companies in digital technology. © 2000, Thomas H. Lipscomb http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com/cols/lipscomb.html
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