Arabs Fear More Terrorist Attacks

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Car bombings in Saudi Arabia. A chilling tale of a foiled al-Qaida plot in Jordan. A fire-fight in the Syrian capital.

With attacks such as these, which targeted or resulted in the deaths of Arab civilians, Islamic militants have angered not just their enemies but also the very Muslims they claim to champion.

"These people do not have a specific logic, and unfortunately, we are facing a group of insane people," said Imad Shuaibi, a Syrian political analyst, summing up the sense of fear and frustration in Damascus after unidentified attackers last week set off a bomb and then fired bullets and grenades at Syrian security forces in a diplomatic neighborhood. A Syrian gym teacher caught in the crossfire was killed, along with two attackers and a policeman.

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In the face of such outrage, militants now appear to be distancing themselves from terrorism at home, recognizing it could cost them support.

A man who identified himself as Musab al-Zarqawi, the alleged mastermind of the Jordan plot, denied that there were plans for a chemical bomb in a statement posted on a militant Islamist Web site.
"The (allegation) that there was a chemical bomb to kill thousands of people is a mere lie. God knows, if we did possess it (a chemical bomb), we wouldn't hesitate one second to use it to hit Israeli cities.."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62035-2004May3.html

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juuuuuust lovely.....wouldn't hesitate one second to use a chemical bomb to hit Israel.