Al-Balagh [Archives:2003/627/Press Review]

11 March 2003
Main headlines:
– A British MP: Bush &Blair plan to change the Arab leader and texts of the Qura'n
– In anti-terror effort: Interior ministry recruits 12 thousand personnel, budget raised to YR 27 billion
– Saudi Arabia official tells the story of storming Mulla Omar house
– Assassination of al-Harithi raked out dispute with the CIA
– The pentagon prepares to launch a spying net around the world
– Ambiguity still envelopes killing of major al-Shakawi
– Saud al-Faisal reiterates his country's refusal to be a base for war on Iraq
– Khawlan tribes stage sit-in, demand return of al-Mouayad
In its editorial al-Balagh says the nation has reached a state of weakness made others underestimate her and play games with her destiny. This state of weakness has been only resulting from accumulated deviation from the right course and her being afflicted with weak leaders fighting for their seats and loving cult of personality, the nation could not be able to stand up to any aggression or restore her position without tackling corruption caused by the corrupt. This can be achieved only drawing up strategies for building the Arab and Muslim man. And that can be realized by education, enacting and implementing laws encouraging higher education, spreading the spirit of participation in building the homeland and fighting corruption.

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