Patriot Act, abuses cost Bush support of Arab-Americans
Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 04:54AM
TheSpook
The Patriot Act, passed in the aftermath
of the 2001 terror attacks, and the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in
Baghdad have taken a toll on American prestige overseas and could play
an important role in deciding who wins the White House in November,
experts on civil liberties, politics, and public opinion polling said
here yesterday. Gathered for a seminar sponsored by the
Washington-based Arab American Institute, members of the panel agreed
that, as a result of the aftermath to the attacks, minorities in
America are leaning heavily away from the Bush administration. [more]
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