"Muslims are getting united now," said Mamdouh Habbal, a 61-year-lawyer attending prayers at Cairo's majestic Al-Azhar mosque. "Unfortunately, they're united in one thing: hatred toward America. Even an old man like me, it has hit me. And I've never known hatred my entire life."
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"What is happening now in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan is a war against Islam, a crusade, an old war in new clothing," Youssef Abu Sneineh said in his sermon to at least 150,000 people at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque. In Qom, Iran, the preacher claimed fraud in the recent election in neighboring Afghanistan, in which U.S.-backed Hamid Karzai is expected to win big, and the congregation chanted: "Death to America." Mohammed Aslam, a 65-year-old retired school teacher, emerged from prayers in Islamabad, Pakistan, saying he prayed to God to forgive his sins, protect his family and unite Muslims. Then he added: "I prayed that America be destroyed and Bush face defeat because he has unleashed oppression against Muslims everywhere in the world."

And so on, and so forth. Bottom line: If AP is trying to scare us into abandoning Iraq and Israel, let us remind them what every mother of a two-year old knows. If you give in to temper tantrums of two-year olds, you will rue your life for decades. The "Arab street", as tendentiously portrayed by AP, is no different from a two-year old. To comment on this post, please mail me at: IsraPundit@yahoo.com. Thank you.