[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 16, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H7814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      STAND FIRM AGAINST TERRORISM

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, the Administration ought to be commended for 
taking strong action against Osama bin Laden and his many followers who 
are behind the recent terrorist attacks on American embassies in 
Tanzania and Kenya. Osama bin Laden is a traitor to Islam, and he has 
betrayed the commandments of his faith.
  Chapter VI, verse 151 of the Koran states, ``Take not life, which God 
hath made sacred, except by way of justice and law.''
  Terrorist attacks on our embassies have taken the lives of hundreds 
of innocent people, Americans and non-Americans alike. Osama bin Laden, 
like all terrorists, has engaged in a cowardly act and he does violence 
to the very religious principles he invokes. He offends the millions of 
devout followers of Islam who do not believe that the killing of 
innocent people has any role in a civilized society.
  The Administration should stand firm against terrorism and strike 
back against the cowardly murderers who are a threat to free peoples 
everywhere.

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