"The Ad Says That Arabs Are Dangerous And Violent People…It's Racist"…

Associated Press NATALIE GOTT December 17, 2005 at 12:08 AM
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RALEIGH, N.C. (Dec. 16)

- The billboard image is striking: a photo of a man shrouded in a traditional Arab head scarf clutching a grenade and a North Carolina driver's license.

The message: "Don't license terrorists, North Carolina." A New York-based group that plans to place the ad near North Carolina's Capitol this month says it is meant as a critique of the state's driver's license laws but Arab-American groups complain it is inflaming an anti-Arab sentiment.

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