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Spiritual
Warfare
Behind
the Scenes
Deeply entrenched religious issues are at the heart of the war on terrorism. They are inflamed by a power greater than either the worldwide terrorist network or the combined military might of the United States, Britain, the rest of NATO and Russia. You need to understand what that power is.
by Don Ward
After the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the nations of NATO invoked the alliance's Article 5, which states that an attack on one member is an attack on all.
Several Arab states voiced their support of America's war on terrorism. But most were long on rhetoric and short on substance as the coalition developed.
Saudi Arabia granted the United States permission to use one of its bases but stated that it would not permit the United States to launch attacks on Muslims from Saudi soil. Pakistan granted the United States permission to use its airspace and eventually granted the United States permission to use an air base. But the United States still needed support from countries in Central Asia that border Afghanistan and from Russia. Support from this region was needed to buffer Russia and China.
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