The Arab League condemned terrorism in Iraq on Tuesday and called on member states to restore full diplomatic relations with the interim government in Baghdad and do all they can to support it, after warning that the "gates of hell" had been opened there. This came in a statement issued at the end of a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in the Egyptian capital dominated by Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Sudan and the violence in Iraq. "It is natural to resist occupation, but this does not mean cutting off heads," Secretary General Amr Moussa told reporters at a news conference with the Mauritanian foreign minister and current chairman of the ministerial council, Mohammed Fal Bilal.
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"There has to be a differentiation between clear acts of terrorism and resistance to occupation," Mussa added, referring to justifications Iraqi militants use to perpetrate violence. Similar sentiments were echoed in the statement, which argued that "the principles of authentic Islamic religion based on equality, mercy and tolerance forbid and incriminate any harmful actions against the innocent." It "condemned all acts of terrorism in Iraq that target civilians, security personnel, police, humanitarian and religious institutions and abductions that are being carried out by terrorist organisations." |