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| Amr Moussa Warns U.S. on Terror War |
| 2002-06-14 |
| The United States and its allies should not pursue "hidden agendas" in their widening war on terror because the campaign is not the world's overriding concern, the head of the Arab League said Friday. Rather, the Arab world's major worry is "the Israeli military occupation of Arab territories and the infringement of the rights of Palestinians," Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said. Guess we don't share the same concerns then, do we? Moussa warned Washington and its allies against using their worldwide hunt for terrorists for "settling accounts and imposing a different world order" - an apparent reference to Arab fears of a planned U.S. attack on Iraq. We kind of have the opinion that evil should be destroyed where it's found, before it destroys us... Even though Middle East countries also consider terrorism "evil," joining the Western campaign against it was not the region's top priority, Moussa said. "It's evil, but it's our preferred tool..." He also argued that terrorism is not linked to any one region, race or religion. "We see an attempt to link Islam to terrorism," Moussa said. He also criticized unspecified nations and governments for allegedly "accusing all Arab or Muslims of terrorist intentions and cultures." This is the same old tired song, sung in a cracked voice to the accompaniment of a wheezing accordion played by the Professionally Concerned™. Terrorism seems to be the favorite sport of a single religion — specifically the Wahhabi and Shia brands of Islam. The threat posed by all other brands of terrorism isn't negligable, but it doesn't threaten the peace and stability of the entire world at the moment. Arabs, Paks and Chechens are three different "races," and recruiting is world-wide, so none can be left out, but we know where the core is, and it's not Eskimos or Samoans or Swedes. Repetition isn't going to make anyone believe the patently untrue. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |