Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3403-1004014870-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 25 Oct 2001 06:02:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 29050 invoked by uid 510); 25 Oct 2001 13:00:36 -0000 Received: from n35.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.85) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 13:00:36 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3403-1004014870-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.55] by n35.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Oct 2001 13:01:10 -0000 X-Sender: yangyun@metacrawler.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 25 Oct 2001 13:01:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 5447 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2001 13:01:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 25 Oct 2001 13:01:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n16.groups.yahoo.com) (10.1.1.34) by mta1 with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 13:01:09 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: yangyun@metacrawler.com Received: from [10.1.2.207] by n16.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Oct 2001 13:01:02 -0000 To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <9r92ej+58t1@eGroups.com> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 X-Mailer: eGroups Message Poster X-Originating-IP: 24.112.32.15 From: yangyun@metacrawler.com X-Yahoo-Profile: televr Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:01:07 -0000 Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] GCC public relations Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wednesday October 24 3:30 PM ET Arab Nations Defend Islam's Image By ADNAN MALIK, Associated Press Writer MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - Six Persian Gulf nations agreed Wednesday to launch a media campaign to combat the spasm of anti-Arab sentiment that has followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The oil-rich group proposed setting up an English-language satellite television channel promoting a better image of Islam and Arabs to viewers in the West. ``We are putting our efforts together as ministers to reach all media in the Western world to explain our position that all Muslims and all Arabs are against terrorism,'' Bahraini Information Minister Nabil al- Hamer said after chairing a closed-door meeting of information ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council. Some Muslims complain they have been the victims of a backlash in the West since the Sept. 11 suicide jet attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The hijackers identified by authorities are all Arabs, and the United States blames Osama bin Laden of masterminding the assault through a global terrorist network that recruits Islamic militants to attack U.S. targets around the world. Violence since Sept. 11 has been blamed for hundreds of reported attacks in the United States on Muslims and Arab-Americans. Hamad Ali al-Sulayti, assistant secretary-general of political affairs for the Gulf Cooperation Council, accused Western media of connecting Islam with terrorism. The Gulf Cooperation Council is a loose political and economic alliance of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Abdulrahman al-Attiyah, Qatar's undersecretary for foreign affairs, praised his country's Al-Jazeera satellite television station, which has emerged as a key opinion maker because of its independent editorial policy - a rarity in the region. It also has become known for airing taped statements by bin Laden, and by the spokesman for bin Laden's organization, al-Qaida. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yQix2C/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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