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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

THE NEW York TIMES, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2001

The Mayor, the Prince and the $10 Million To the Editor: genesis of terrorism is in part be­ Re "Citing Comments on Attack, cause of the lopsided American poli­ Giuliani Rejects Saudi’s Gift” (news cy in the Middle East toward Israel. article, Oct. 12): Hani Y. Awadallah Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani acted President, Arab American courageously in returning a $10 mil­ Civic Organization I lion donation by a Saudi prince to Paterson. N.J.. Oct. 12, 2001 New York City relief efforts, as it proved to be blood money. To the Editor: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Ab­ Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani de­ dul Aziz Alsaud’s citing American serves praise for rejecting the $10 policy as the root cause of the Sept. million check from a Saudi prince 'll attacks is an endorsement of the after he learned that the prince had terrorists’ principles and therefore criticized America's policies in the makes him part of the problem. His Middle East (news article, Oct. 12) desire to contribute money merely Since Sept. 11, the mayor has risen indicates that he is duplicitous ■ a trait that one must suspect is shared to the challenge of exercising the widely among President Bush’s in­ high quality of leadership that makes ternational coalition. Chip Joyce him stand out'as one of the greatest New York, Oct. 12, 2001 mayors our city has ever had. Al­ though the money could have been To the Editor; put to good use, the honor and dignity Re “Citing Comments on Attack, of our country as evidenced by the Giuliani Rejects Saudi’s Gift” (news mayor is of greater consequence. article, Oct. 12): Harris L. Present Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani has New York, Oct. 12, 2001 done it again. Just as he was being justly lauded for his leadership dur­ To the Editor: ing the terrorism crisis, he refuses to Re “Citing Comments on Attack, accept a $10 million check from a Giuliani Rejects Saudi’s Gift" (news Saudi prince because the check was article, Oct. 12): : paralleled by a suggestion that "the Prince Alwaleed bln Talal bin Ab- ' government of the United States of dul Aziz Alsaud (No. 6 on Forbes’s America should re-examine its poli­ list of the world’s richest people) cies in the Middle East and adopt a believes that the attack on the World more balanced stance toward the Trade Center should prompt the Palestinian cause.” United States to “re-examine its poli­ The mayor’s impulsive act sent a cies in the Middle East" and adopt a message to all Arabs not to bother different stance toward the Palestin­ trying to help the city, and to the ian cause. Bush administration not to re-exam- Perhaps some introspection is in ■ ine its foreign policy. Aren’t we sup­ order. So I would ask Prince Alwa­ posed to avoid alienating friendly leed: In the wake of the attack, Arab countries right now, and should America re-examine its poli­ shouldn’t we constantly re-examine cy of supporting and defending the ,our foreign policy? Any responsible jgovernment does the latter. repressive Saudi monarchy? . Donald W. Fowle I would also like to ask him what New York, Oct 12, 2001 he and the oil-rich House of Saud have done about Palestinian suffer­ To the Editor: ing other than to exploit it. Re "Citing Comments on Attack, Dan Heyman Giuliani Rejects Saudi’s Gift” (news Scarsdale, N.Y., Oct. 12, 2001 article, Oct. 12): Many in the Arab-American com­ munity thought that Mayor Rudolph The NewYorkTimes W. Giuliani had turned over a new Company leaf, that the World Trade Center ARTHUR OCHS SULZBERGER JR., Ckaiman tragedy had worked some transfor­ RUSSELL T. LEWIS, Presiden! mation in the psyche of this compli­ Chiel"Exsculive Officer cated man. MICHAEL GOLDEN, Vice Chnirman To our disappointment, he proved, Senior Vice President once again, to be the same old Rudy. JOHN M. O'BRIEN, Senior Vice President with the same mean spirit that led Chief Financial Officer him to throw Yasir Arafat out of a CYNTHIA H. AUGUSTINE, SeniorVice President 1995 Lincoln Center concert to which SOLOMON B, WATSON IV. SeniorVice President he had been invited. Secretary Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Ab­ JAMES C. LESSEKSOtlN, Vice President dul Aziz Alsaud reiterated his con­ Treasurer demnation of the heinous attack on 22B West JI ril Sirppf our country. He also dutifully reiter­ New York, N Y. 10036-11659 ated the undeniable truth: that the

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