- Nation of Islam chief Louis Farrakhan has urged his followers
not to believe U.S. claims that Osama bin Laden was behind the Sept. 11
attacks on the Twin Towers and Pentagon until government officials produce
proof.
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- "They have lied before, and there's no guarantee
they are not lying now," Farrakhan warned the crowd during a speech
at Chicago's Christ Universal Temple.
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- "There's nothing wrong with asking the American
government to show us the proof" that bin Laden is guilty, he advised.
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- Addressing his remarks to President Bush directly, Farrakhan
exhorted, "Don't hide behind national security. The nation would be
more secure if you give the American people a reason to fight."
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- The Nation of Islam leader had previously condemned the
terrorist attacks as "vicious and atrocious."
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- But on Tuesday he said that the U.S. needed to re-evaluate
its foreign policy.
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- "Is there a better way to defeat terrorism?"
he wondered aloud. "Must hundreds of thousands of innocent lives be
lost and the cause of terrorism never be addressed?"
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- Farrakhan's remarks were first reported by the Chicago
Tribune.
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- http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2001/10/17/173946
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