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Arabs in particular and muslims in general are exceptionally prone to delusions and cope mechanisms. If you were around when the iraq war started you remember this event where the minister of information and foreign affairs was proclaiming victory:

> "His pronouncements included claims that American soldiers were committing suicide "by the hundreds" outside the city, and denial that there were any American tanks in Baghdad, when in fact they were only several hundred meters away from the press conference where he was speaking and the combat sounds of nearing American troops could already be heard in the background."