<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From the Jan. 2002 Le Monde Diplomatique, "Al-Qaeda, the sect" -</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Bin Laden condemned the US as "the modern world's symbol of paganism". This mixture of theology and anti-globalisation mirrors the deep schizophrenia of Saudi society, which enjoys abroad what it will not allow at home. At the same time it considers anywhere else, particularly the US, hell. Yet that inferno is much like paradise, since wine and women will greet the martyr, according to the notebook in Atta's bag. </DIV></BODY></HTML>