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Originally posted by Roycroft201
He warned that the "attack against Iraq will simply anger more Muslims who see this as being anti-Muslim rather than anti-terror." As prone to rhetoric at Mahathir is, he was accurately reflecting the sentiments of the majority of Southeast Asians. "
from Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror by Zachary Abuza
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I can't say much for Muslims. I can say something for Southeast Asians. Just plain bullshit. To claim those were the sentiments of the majority of Southeast Asians is just purely rhetoric. Few Southeast Asians see North Korea as a threat, but a rather large percentage have reasons (with Bali, events in Southern Thailand, and events in the Phillipines as illustration) to believe that terrorism is a threat.