[Fredslist] Questions about Obama's Cairo speech

[Christopher Lamal]

I've watched Obama's speech at Cairo University the other day. I thought is
was a great speech, but I've got a couple questions:
 
1. About 7 minutes or so into his speech, he snapped his finger as he quoted
the following command from the Quaran  "Be conscious of God and speak always
the truth."  Obama's not a finger-snapping kind of guy and I'd never seen
him do that before, so I'm wondering what that gesture was about. Did it
have any signficance to a Muslim audience?
 
2. At the end of his speech, as he was leaving the stage, I could swear that
I heard some in the audience chanting "USA!, USA!" I can't believe that's
what they were really shouting. Does anyone know what they were really
chanting?
 
Thanks for any clarifications
 
Chris
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