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| Iraq: Attacks Were A 'Punishment' |
| 2002-09-11 |
| Iraqi newspapers marked the anniversary of Sept. 11 with banner headlines describing the terrorist attack as ``God's Punishment'' against America, and ordinary Iraqis also voiced anger at a country they fear might be preparing an invasion of their country. Maybe if they spent a little less time being angry about things people wouldn't want to attack their country. But that's cause and effect, so it's probably beyond them. The state-owned weekly Al-Iktisadi covered its front page Wednesday with a photograph of a burning World Trade Center tower and a two-word headline in red: ``God's Punishment.'' So was whacking the bunker full of Ba'ath wives and kiddies back in Gulf War I, I guess... The daily Al-Jumhuriya, in a front-page editorial, said the lesson the United States should have drawn from Sept. 11 was that its policies inspired hatred. Many Arabs have linked Sept. 11 to a sense in the region that Washington unfairly sides with Israel and that its Iraqi policy has hurt ordinary citizens here. Maybe they should ask themselves "Why do they hate us?" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |