[Marxism] Arabs say Bush parallels bin Ladin

[Rohan Gaiswinkler <rohanger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Friday 21 January 2005, 20:12 Makka Time, 17:12 GMT

George Bush's pledge to spread liberty around the globe has earned a frosty 
reception in the Arab world, with observers dismissing as hollow rhetoric his 
insistence on promoting freedom.


On Friday analysts warned that the US president's ambition to promote democracy 
would only be regarded with suspicion in the Middle East so long as Iraq is 
plagued by violence after the US-led invasion.



An Arab professor of political science drew parallels between the words of Bush 
and Usama bin Ladin, saying the president had made the word freedom banal in 
the same way as the al-Qaida leader had the word jihad.



"The two men have both invoked their favourite concepts without ever putting 
them into practice," Assad Abu Khalil, who works in the United States, told 
Aljazeera.



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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F9877050-D084-4F9E-91FE-0FB25B54B226.htm







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