Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4172-1009982841-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.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); Wed, 02 Jan 2002 06:48:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 22524 invoked by uid 510); 2 Jan 2002 14:47:43 -0000 Received: from n16.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.66) by all.net with SMTP; 2 Jan 2002 14:47:43 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4172-1009982841-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.191] by n16.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Jan 2002 14:46:35 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 2 Jan 2002 14:47:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 84454 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2002 14:47:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m5.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 2 Jan 2002 14:47:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.125.69) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Jan 2002 14:47:19 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g02ElNp04673; Wed, 2 Jan 2002 06:47:23 -0800 Message-Id: <200201021447.g02ElNp04673@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List), l@red.all.net, m@red.all.net, n@red.all.net Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet 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: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 06:47:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] a Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wall Street Journal January 2, 2002 Jordan's King Says Islam Must Embrace The U.S.'s 'New Way Of Doing Business' By James M. Dorsey, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal AMMAN, Jordan -- Jordan's King Abdullah II is emerging as the Arab world's Tony Blair, an eloquent and enthusiastic advocate of U.S. policy in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. In a wide-ranging interview, he said the Israelis and Palestinians are equally responsible for reviving their peace process, that Iraq should let in United Nations weapons inspectors within six months and that Arab governments -- including his own -- should get serious about social and economic reform. Young, energetic and reformist, the 39-year-old soldier-turned-monarch envisions turning his country into a Singapore-style center for information technology, a model of political, social and economic reform and a leading force in creating an Islamic identity comfortable with modernity and democratic progress. "When the Americans say are you with us or against us, they basically say that there is a new way of doing business, there is a new level of ethics -- and are you going to be part of that or not. If not, I think you have a serious problem," the king said in the study of his hilltop residence on the outskirts of the Jordanian capital of Amman, lined with books and CDs on military strategy and history, a collection of old Mauser pistols, daggers, swords and knight's armor. That new post-Sept. 11 way of doing business has prompted King Abdullah to take a fresh look at the Middle East conflict, and he says the Arab and Islamic world can no longer afford to be bogged down by the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. It is a sensitive topic, since his kingdom borders the West Bank and the majority of its population is Palestinian. While other Arab leaders have put the onus for a resolution of the Middle East conflict on the U.S. and Israel, King Abdullah indicates Arabs and Muslims need to look at much larger issues confronting the Islamic world. "I went to [Palestinian leader Yasser] Arafat and said: 'Before the 11th of September, my main concern was the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Now my main concern is what is happening inside the Islamic world as a result of 11 September," King Abdullah said, speaking in American-accented English, a result of years in Western boarding schools and universities. "This is not a struggle between East and West; this is a struggle inside Islam, which is going to plague us for the next 10, 15, 20 years. I see the Palestinian-Israeli struggle as phase one of a larger problem," he says. In contrast to Arab leaders who have called on President Bush to pressure Israel into making concessions to the Palestinians, King Abdullah said, "Both parties have to take the first step before the Americans can get involved." Turning to Iraq, King Abdullah said Baghdad was realizing that Sept. 11 had changed the world and that it would have to re-engage in dialogue with the United Nations if it wanted to avert a renewed confrontation with the U.S. He said Iraq had a six-month window to allow U.N. weapons inspectors back into the country. Iraq has refused for the past three years to grant access to U.N. inspectors, demanding instead that all U.N. sanctions against it imposed after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait be lifted. The sanctions come up for review in late May, and the king said Iraq had to change before then. At home, King Abdullah has yet to turn around the country's stagnating, debt-burdened and corruption-riddled economy. The stakes are higher than ever, because unemployed young men are susceptible to poaching by extremist groups like Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. So the king has unveiled a program that focuses on economic growth, privatization, support for small enterprises, educational reform and social prosperity, and has vowed to put "food on the table" of every Jordanian in 2002. King Abdullah said he was determined to ensure that vested interests and bureaucracy wouldn't torpedo his efforts to root out corruption and reform the economy. "I'm not taking any prisoners. If a minister is not going to perform in his ministry, if he's not going to be serious about implementing plans that are going to reach the citizen, I'll find somebody who will." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! 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