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$tinkle

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Feb 12, 2003
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what part of "bringing the fight to the enemies" don't you understand? at least we're not sending them to flight school.
 

$tinkle

Expert on blowing
Feb 12, 2003
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6
ok, i actually read past the first few para's, & the money quotes started stacking up at the end. check these out & see if another resident of kansas - fred phelps - would get such circus-seal welcome:
As Kansas State students enjoy a string of home football games this month, they also are preparing for the campus' first celebration of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month.
"We really want to make this special. We're going to truck in halal food from Kansas City," Mr. Holland said. "The Saudi government is trying to place the students in a variety of institutions across the country, but where you get the competitive advantage is how you treat the students when they get here."
Marwan Al-Kadi, who was active in the Muslim student association while he studied industrial engineering at Kansas State, said efforts to raise awareness about religious diversity have helped the new influx of students feel comfortable.
"Sometimes people ask me if I ride a camel to campus. They don't even realize how many cities we have in Saudi Arabia," Mr. Al-Kadi said. "I want to use the education to go back and work for my father's company."
Allan Goodman, president and chief executive officer of the Institute of International Education in New York, said the new bilateral agreement is a "tremendously positive" step toward person-to-person diplomacy.
"These 15,000 students will really jump-start education, and that will be a great addition to the kingdom," Mr. Goodman said. "At its base, it's about mutual understanding."
remember kids: al-queda means "the base"