Salahudeen
17-12-2002, 19:52
Yemen speaker blasts US's 'war on terror'
2002-12-16 12:11:58
Arab News
16 December 2002
source: Ummahnews (http://www.ummahnews.com/viewarticle.php?sid=601)
Washington is unleashing a war of “terror” against all Muslims and the threat to attack Iraq is the start of a wider campaign against Arabs, Yemen’s Parliament speaker said in remarks published yesterday.
“America claims to be fighting terror but is practicing it ... The war it is launching is a crusader war “against all Arabs and Muslims”, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ahmar told Okaz daily.
“America is showing open hostility to all Arab and Muslim regimes and states, including Saudi Arabia ... American hostility ... is targeting everything Islamic,” Ahmar charged.
This has created a feeling of hatred toward the United States among Arabs and Muslims, as a result of US hostility and policies of double-standard in the Middle East, he said.
Ahmar warned that the future will be “dark and bad” for all Arabs and Muslims if the United States attacks Iraq. “America will not limit its campaign to Iraq. It will be just the beginning and war will then be extended to all Arab countries.”
Ahmar heads Al-Islah, an Islamist-tribal party that has seen its power base come under mounting attack since the Sanaa government announced it would nationalize Qur’anic schools in May.
2002-12-16 12:11:58
Arab News
16 December 2002
source: Ummahnews (http://www.ummahnews.com/viewarticle.php?sid=601)
Washington is unleashing a war of “terror” against all Muslims and the threat to attack Iraq is the start of a wider campaign against Arabs, Yemen’s Parliament speaker said in remarks published yesterday.
“America claims to be fighting terror but is practicing it ... The war it is launching is a crusader war “against all Arabs and Muslims”, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ahmar told Okaz daily.
“America is showing open hostility to all Arab and Muslim regimes and states, including Saudi Arabia ... American hostility ... is targeting everything Islamic,” Ahmar charged.
This has created a feeling of hatred toward the United States among Arabs and Muslims, as a result of US hostility and policies of double-standard in the Middle East, he said.
Ahmar warned that the future will be “dark and bad” for all Arabs and Muslims if the United States attacks Iraq. “America will not limit its campaign to Iraq. It will be just the beginning and war will then be extended to all Arab countries.”
Ahmar heads Al-Islah, an Islamist-tribal party that has seen its power base come under mounting attack since the Sanaa government announced it would nationalize Qur’anic schools in May.