Bush to greet Mahathir at the White House
WASHINGTON - President George W Bush will welcome Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad to the White House today, in a visit that will go some way towards rehabilitating relations between the two sides.
Mahathir's visit is a sign of the changes wrought in US foreign policy by the Sept 11 attacks - and Washington's desire to engage nations seen as crucial to its international campaign against terrorism.
Mainly Muslim Malaysia has won US praise for its assistance in the campaign since the attacks, and for sharing intelligence with US authorities.
More than 60 militants allegedly linked to the al-Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden are in custody, and Malaysia's performance has been compared favourably here to that of Indonesia, which some officials believe has done little to crack down on extremism.
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