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CNN is guilty of manipulating the truth in many areas. However, I'm afraid the celebration and sentiment was a bit more widespread than you might think. I mean, the Palestinians were Saddam's only ally in both Gulf Wars. They were crushed when he was defeated. I don't know about CNN's footage, but I know that American flags are burned all the time. PLO terrorists are also responsible for the murder many US citizens and some US diplomats (like the US ambassador to the Sudan). I think that there was actually a great deal of happiness about the 9/11 attacks in the territories. They, like most of the arab world, hate the US, although the PLO leadership deals with America, because they see it as the only party that can force Israeli concessions. The celebration after 9/11 definitely was not a marginal phenomenon. I could probably find more info about this if you are interested.
They also party in the streets and hand out sweets quite frequently, when suicide bombers successfully kill Israelis, and they stood on the rooftops and cheered as Scud missiles rained on Tel Aviv in the first Gulf War. I am not exaggerating with this, I was under the impression that it was common knowledge.
Anyway, that issue aside, how are you? You seemed pretty stressed out before, are you feeling any better? What did you do in the army by the way? If the discussion is aggravating you, we don't have to continue the topic. Anyway, hope you're feeling better.
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