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In the Middle East, a Pro-American Turn
(Washington Post) Editorial - In the aftermath of the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt, last Friday in Benghazi, tens of thousands of people marched on the base of an Islamist militia suspected of involvement in the attack on the U.S. consulate. The militants were forced out of the base, and the demonstrators burned part of it before turning it over to the Libyan army. On Sunday, the interim government ordered the dismantlement of all militias not under its authority. In Egypt, there has been a chorus of condemnation of the violence, with the country's most prestigious sheiks and other Islamic leaders calling it shameful and contrary to Islam. MEMRI has documented numerous commentaries by newspaper columnists warning against incitement by radical groups. The appropriate U.S. response is not to write off the region, but to help moderate forces defeat and marginalize the extremists.