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Middle East, Asia Condemn Attacks
September 11, 2001
By Alex Frew McMillan

HONG KONG, China -- CNN
Governments around the world condemned Tuesday's attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the United States.

The response was particularly strong in the Middle East with many denouncing the strikes but others expressing anti-American sentiment.

Further east in Asia, nations passed on official condolences and increased security around U.S. interests and sought word on their own citizens and staff in the United States.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in a televised address to his nation, said: "The fight against terrorism is an international struggle of the free world against the forces of darkness who seek to destroy our liberty and way of life.

"Together we can defeat these forces of evil."

Sharon added that Israel was prepared to provide "any assistance at any time" to the United States.
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