IP: what they're thinking in Britain

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:52:16 -0500
> To: farber () cis upenn edu (David Farber)
> From: Richard Jay Solomon <rsolomon () dsl cis upenn edu>
>
>
> At 4:48 PM -0500 11/5/01, <OpinionJournal () wsj com> wrote:
> >   From http://OpinionJournal.com
> >
> > Best of the Web Today - November 5, 2001
> > By JAMES TARANTO
> > The Voice of Treason 
> > http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/11/04/stiusausa01027.html
> > We keep hearing that this isn't a war against Islam, and we'd dearly like 
> > to think that's so. But there are signs that Muslims don't see it that 
> > way. A poll by the Sunday Times of London finds that 40% of British 
> > Muslims believe Osama bin Laden is "justified" in mounting a war against 
> > America, and the same proportion think British citizens who join the 
> > Taliban "are justified in doing so." Eleven percent answered yes to the 
> > question: "Do you believe there was any justification for the terrorist 
> > attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon on September 11?"


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