Osama Bin Laden, Who Is A Saudi,

In The Islamic World, The U.s. Is Seen In Two Quite Different Ways. One View Recognizes What An Extraordinary Country The U.s. Is.

Exile Is Strangely Compelling To Think About But Terrible To Experience. It Is The Unhealable Rift Forced Between A Human Being And A Native Place, Between The Self And Its True Home: Its Essential Sadness Can Never Be Surmounted. And While It Is True That Literature And History Contain Heroic, Romantic, Glorious, Even Triumphant Episodes In An Exile’s Life, These Are No More Than Efforts Meant To Overcome The Crippling Sorrow Of Estrangement.

These Actions Were Taken With The Support And Financing Of The United States. How Can You Say This Is Part Of U.s. Adherence To International Law And U.n. Resolutions? The Result Is A Kind Of Schizophrenic Picture Of The United States.

Part Of The Main Plan Of Imperialism... Is That We Will Give You Your History, We Will Write It For You, We Will Re-order The Past...what's More Truly Frightening Is The Defacement, The Mutilation, And Ultimately The Eradication Of History In Order To Create... An Order That Is Favorable To The United States.

Speaking As A New Yorker, I Found [september 11] A Shocking And Terrifying Event, Particularly The Scale Of It.