http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=18142 Lawsuit against US planned By a Staff Writer
JEDDAH, 28 August � The father and brother of Abdullah Saad Al-Matrafi, who died in US bombings on Afghanistan, said they were planning to file a lawsuit against the US government seeking compensation. Abdullah died last Ramadan while he was working as an Islamic consultant for Al-Wafa charitable organization in Afghanistan, Al-Watan reported yesterday. "Abdullah was in constant contact with us. He was actually planning to come back from Kabul. On Ramadan 13, we were shocked to hear the news of his death," his father Saad told the daily. Anti-defamation league formed... http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=18138 Jihad is now being waged mainly on the intellectual and ideological fronts to protect Islam and its foundations," RAND report fallout... "...The dialogue sparked by the report should focus on the fact that most Americans choose to believe the report. An inordinate number of Americans choose to accept the Rand Report and the word of its heretofore little-known author, rather than believe the most respected and powerful men serving in the executive branch of their own government. If the maxim "perception is reality" has become a genuine truth in today�s world, then, for all intensive purposes, the reported synopsis of the Rand Report is a concrete reality from the perspective of the average US citizen. Even before the Rand Report became public, the perception of most Americans since Sept. 11 is that Saudi Arabia is an enemy of the United States, and is a state-sponsor of Islamic fundamentalists bent on a campaign of terror against the West generally, and the United States specifically, using the money Americans spend on oil to destroy their beloved country and way of life. Further, the general impression in the United States � even before the disgusting events of Sept. 11 � has been that public schools throughout the entire Arab world teach Arab children to hate America and the West, rather than simply sticking to basic math and science, making the average American�s perception of Saudi Arabia one wherein the danger is institutional in nature..."Long piece... http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=18132
