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 President Barack "Sweet Home" Obama took his first steps in normalizing relations with nations in the Muslim world by apologizing for a recent aircraft crash that cost the lives of 15 Saudi pilots and flight crew.
As part of a Mideast Apology Tour, Obama said in a speech in Cairo that he regretted America's decision to place two skyscrapers and a defense installation of some sort in the path of three planes staffed by Saudis and a couple-few Egyptians. The accident that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001 took the lives of all of the Muslims on board those flights. "We regret that decisions were made by American officials, citizens, and building contractors to arrogantly place two skyscrapers in the path of a group of student pilots and their friends," said Obama in a speech at Saudi Arabia. "These were student pilots and there's no excuse for this kind of hubris." Obama said he was sorry that another plane that was attempting to land got struck by a defense installation. "I think it's called the Pentagon," said Obama. "As everybody knows, witchcraft is abhorrent to the ways of Islam." Obama also noted in the speech that the country will pay Iran for the 444 days that 52 Americans spent rent free in the country following the Islamic Revolution in 1979. "We understand they took some soap and towels," Obama conceded. "These, too, will be repaid with interest." Saudi citizens and other Muslim adherents in attendance said they were pleased with the speech but expected more action. "Just tearing down the buildings and living as desert nomads will not take the stink of murder off these American dogs," said Mohammad Monimoni, an owner of the Riyadh Hallmark-Suicide Vest store. "They must also convert to Islam. And not just any kind of Islam. The good kind. The kind that keeps women and Jews in their places, which, is in the harem and in the grave, respectively." Obama is expected to make further concessions during his visit. He is expected to ask Israel to back a two-state solution to the Palestinian problem. "One state would be Muslim," said Obama. "And the other state would be really Muslim. Like Iran Muslim."
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