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Article: Maghreb sees war as vindication.(A)(World)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2001
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Byline: Andrew Borowie
NICOSIA, Cuprus - The leaders of the five North African countries feel the war against terrorism in Afghanistan has vindicated their own struggle against Islamic fanatics.
Criticism occasionally voiced about the U.S.-led action against Taliban targets has been low-key throughout the Maghreb, the African Mediterranean coast area east of Egypt.
While espousing Islam as the religion of some 75 million people from Libya in the East to Mauritania on the Atlantic, the Maghreb leadership regards Islamic fundamentalism as the biggest threat to its regimes.
According to some diplomatic reports, the North African countries ...