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| Arab League and Am. Int. Condem Kidnappings! |
| 2005-07-06 |
| EFL - at the tail end of the article. Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa condemned al-Sherif's kidnapping and the attack on a Bahraini diplomat on Tuesday, saying they "serve the interests of those who try to sever Iraq's ties with its Arab surroundings". "Such acts confuse the Arab public as it tries to understand what is going in Iraq," he said. I hafta admit, this statement confuses me! He said the presence of diplomatic missions in Baghdad show Arab nations' "genuine desire to continue contacts with all the Iraqi people. It is also an affirmation of the Arab identity of Iraq". Amnesty International also condemned the attacks. In a statement sent to Aljazeera.net, the rights organisation said the abduction of Egypt's ambassador to Iraq on Saturday, Tuesday morning's attempted assassination of Bahrain's envoy and the attack on the Pakistan ambassador's convoy, were an intensely worrying new trend in abuses by armed groups. "The attacks on Arab and foreign diplomats in recent days appear to represent a new and worrying phase in the campaign by armed groups opposed to the Iraqi government and the presence of US and other foreign troops in Iraq," the statement said. The statement accused the diplomats' abductors of preventing the Arab governments from developing appropriate ties with the new Iraqi leaders. "Clearly, the aim of these groups is to deter Arab foreign governments from developing close relations with the new Iraqi administration and are seeking to ratchet up further their campaign of violence against all those associated with the new government," the statement said. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #4 "Such acts confuse the Arab public as it tries to understand what is going in Iraq," As opposed to their current razor-sharp insight into the situation? |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2005-07-06 17:22 |
| #3 Waddaya want? Consistency? Logic? I liked the article because someone other than the U.S. was in the crosshairs. It's a start! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-07-06 15:27 |
| #2 Funny, I don't remember hearing from Arab League or Amnesty when Nick Berg was beheaded, etc. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-07-06 13:41 |
| #1 "Such acts confuse the Arab public as it tries to understand what is going in Iraq," he said. Translation: When the terrorists act like the animals they are, it confuses the people the Arab League are trying to dupe. Amnesty International also condemned the attacks. Yet remains silent on the conditions in which Matt Maupin is held. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-07-06 11:12 |