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Nov172004
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at 07:10PM
Arabs were torn between seething rage at images of a U.S. soldier
shooting dead a wounded Iraqi in a mosque and dismay at Iraqi
insurgents in Falluja for turning holy mosques into battlegrounds.
Viewers said images, which Arab televisions aired repeatedly of a
Marine killing a severely injured Iraqi, fueled growing hatred against
America and helped create more "terrorists." "I am not a jihadist, I am
just a normal Muslim but such scenes are pushing me to Jihad," said
Dubai-based engineer Abdallah. "We don't expect this from the
representative of democracy in the world." "This is one of the things
we saw on TV. God knows how many crimes they have committed which we
have not seen," he added." [more]