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| 2003-01-25 |
| Caption on an al-Jazeera reprint of an Arab political cartoon: The Istanbul Conference included all countries neighboring to Iraq except Kuwait. The reason cited by a Kuwaiti official was that Kuwait is not Iraq's neighbor. Rather, it is America's neighbor. (By Emad Melhem, Alkifah Alarabi, 1/25/03). Maybe they just remember: The Arab League met for a full day after the invasion, and was unable even to come up with an expression of concern. When President Bush said he would not rule out a counterstrike and warned that the U.S. considered Saudi Arabia to be a âvital interest,â the Arab League publicly rejected foreign interference, though it did somehow manage to condemn the invasion and demand that Iraq pack up and go home. Eight of its 21 members abstained or voted against even that pallid measure. Yemenâs two ruling parties issued a joint communique condemning sanctions as evidence of âpre-planned aggressive intentions against the nations of the Arab world.â |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 "Rejected foreign interference" my %$#. The World Muslim League - or government of Sandy Arabia -has financed over 800 mosques in the U.S. alone. The Wahabi nose is interfering everywhere. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-26 00:45:31 |