Islamic militants take strength from anger at U.S.

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26139725.htm

RAMALLAH, West Bank, May 26 (Reuters) - Soaring Arab anger at the U.S. occupation of Iraq and Washington's policy towards Israel has given a major recruitment boost to Islamic militants preaching global war, Islamists and regional analysts say.

Fury in the Arab world, stoked by battles between Iraqis and U.S. troops, has reached new peaks over the revelations of humiliating prisoner abuse by U.S. jailers.

Adding to the fire is a feeling Washington has been far too soft on Israel over a raid on Gaza that killed at least 42 Palestinians, weeks after President George W. Bush gave Israeli leader Ariel Sharon rare assurances for a Gaza pullout plan.

"Unfortunately I find myself thanking the two tyrants Bush and Sharon, who with their stupid policies and their hostility towards Arabs and Muslims, have increased the Islamic awakening," said radical Jordanian Islamist Min'em Abu Zant.

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1. Gee...go figure.