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Anger against the people who perpetrated the attacks on the United States last week is now spilling out in some places, and much of the anger is directed at Arab-Americans, Muslims and South Asians, some of whom look like those believed to have carried out the attacks. From across the country, there are stories from people who feel targeted. People such as Sean Fernandes of San Francisco, California, who came to the United States from India. He was severely beaten up and saw his friend Robin stabbed by a gang of young men who called Fernandes a racial epithet. COM SPECIAL REPORT CNN NewsPass Video 39 Agencies reportedly got hijack tips in 1998 MORE STORIES 40 Intelligence intercept led to Buffalo suspects 41 Report cites warnings before 9/11 EXTRA INFORMATION Timeline: 42 Who Knew What and When? Interactive: 43 Terror Investigation 44 Terror Warnings System 45 Most wanted terrorists 46 What looks suspicious? In-Depth: 47 America Remembers In-Depth: 48 Terror on Tape In-Depth: 49 How prepared is your city? RESOURCES On the Scene: 50 Barbara Starr: Al Qaeda hunt expands? On the Scene: 51 Peter Bergen: Getting al Qaeda to talk Or Amrik Singh Chawla, a turbaned Sikh who was chased into a subway station by a group of young men who called him a "terrorist" and threatened to kill him. Reem Fadel is a doctor from Egypt who married an Arab-American, Mohammad. They live in Battery Sea Park, just three blocks from the World Trade Center. On September 11, she was walking toward the towers with her 6-year-old daughter when one of the planes flew into the building. Seeing this attack was traumatic, but she said the days that followed have been even more so. Reem, who wears the traditional Muslim head scarf, said, "People on the streets keep staring at me now. And yesterday a man on the train was very rude to my daughter. Community leaders said attacks of this kind have been by and large restricted to verbal abuse, but they must be taken seriously. He had been receiving threatening calls from somebody who blamed Sodhi's community for the September 11 attacks. And then, a masked gunman entered his gas station and shot him dead. They are working on the premise it was a racially motivated crime. News of the two deaths have fueled fears among people in the Arab and South Asian communities. Manjeet Singh, a New York taxi driver, said he's scared he will be attacked. He said his turban could easily be mistaken for the turban of Saudi militant Osama bin Laden, who has been identified as a prime suspect. Singh is passing out fliers to people in New York and New Jersey, explaining that Sikhs are unrelated to bin Laden and his followers. For good measure, he also explains that Sikhs are different from Muslims although he does say both communities are peace-loving. First, they said, the Bush administration and local authorities must educate people that last week's acts of terror cannot be blamed on Islam or any other faith. They said President Bush's Monday visit to a mosque in Washington was a powerful message in that direction. But they also said security and police vigilance against such hate crimes must be stepped up in the next few weeks. Find 60 Back to the top 2003 Cable News Network LP, LLLP.
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