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BAGHDAD,
November 22 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – U.S. injustice and
terrorism could only lead to more acts of violence against Americans
around the world, a day after another round of U.S.-British air
strikes, Iraq warned Friday, November 22.
"Terrorism
can only stir hatred for America and Americans, and this is what is
happening from the far east to the far west, and every day we witness
this against U.S. soldiers, civilians, companies, restaurants,
military bases, and all the security measures can not prevent
this," said the ruling Baath Party.
"Only
(recently) news agencies have reported three incidents against
Americans in three different parts of the world, and not in
Afghanistan, and more is to come," it said through its
mouthpiece, the daily Ath-Thawra.
The
paper was referring to the shooting of two U.S. soldiers in Kuwait,
the killing of a U.S. missionary nurse in southern Lebanon and the
torching of a McDonald's restaurant in Saudi Arabia, Agence
France-Presse (AFP) said.
In
the past year, the anger has spilled over into attacks against U.S.
targets because of the U.S. bias toward Israel in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the U.S. war in Afghanistan, and U.S.
plan to attack Iraq.
"The
blame is not on (U.S. President George W.) Bush and his Zionist
clique, but the blame and the responsibility is on the UN Security
Council, which issues unjust resolutions such as Resolution 1441 to
allow Bush and his like to explain it the way they want and use this
explanation as a pretext and a cover for an aggression" against
Baghdad, said Ath-Thawra.
On
November 8, the Security Council adopted Resolution 1441 which sets
strict new conditions for Iraqi disarmament and threatens
"serious consequences" if Baghdad does not cooperate.
"The
Security Council also fails to adopt any serious, just and decisive
position over the U.S. aggressions against other countries and
peoples," the paper said.
"Bush
and members of his gang think that they can scare others with their
terrorist policies and achieve their evil objectives," it said.
"But
terrorism only brings crises and catastrophes to America and the
Americans because terrorism can only lead to violence ... as it is
happening in occupied Palestine," it said.
The
warnings come a day after Iraq reported that U.S. and British
warplanes hit civilian targets in the south of the country, while the
U.S. military said it had bombed military installations in the region.
Meanwhile,
concerning the latest on the investigation of the Kuwait shooting, an
officer said Friday that the U.S. military has nothing so far to
indicate the shooting of two American soldiers, allegedly by a Kuwaiti
police officer, was linked to any groups.
"I
don't think we've seen anything that indicates" it was an attack
involving "al-Qaeda or some other terrorist organization",
Colonel Rick Thomas, a spokesman at Camp Doha military base, told AFP.
Asked
if the shooting was considered an anti-American attack, Thomas said,
"I think until we finish the joint investigation" with the
Kuwaitis, the motive can not be established.
Kuwaiti
newspapers Friday said the suspect, identified as Khalid Messier
al-Shimmari, was not affiliated with any religious group and that he
had a history of psychological problems.
Two
U.S. soldiers traveling along a highway south of Kuwait City were shot
by a gunman Thursday morning. Camp Doha said the soldiers, who are
assigned to the Third Army, were in a civilian vehicle but out
"on official business."
Their
condition was labeled "serious but stable" and their status
remained the same Friday, Thomas said. One was shot in the face and
the other in the shoulder.
The
emirate's interior minister said a junior Kuwaiti police officer was
the assailant and that he had fled across the border into Saudi
Arabia.
A
senior Kuwaiti security source told AFP the assailant in Thursday's,
November 21, attack "had been admitted to hospital three times
for psychiatric treatment."
The
source, who is close to the investigation, said the suspect
"dropped his companion, another policeman, at home and told him
he was going to buy a newspaper and would be returning. The incident
happened while he was out buying the paper."
The
suspect may have initially pulled the two soldiers over for speeding
before shooting them, the source said.
The
attack, condemned by Kuwaiti officials and MPs, was the fifth shooting
incident involving U.S. forces in Kuwait since October 8 when two
Kuwaitis killed a marine and wounded another during war games on
Failaka island, 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of Kuwait City.
Since
the Failaka attack, U.S. forces have been caught up in three more
shooting incidents, but no injuries were reported and it was never
clarified if they had actually been targeted.
Around
10,000 U.S. troops are currently based in Kuwait, mostly at Camp Doha,
30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Kuwait City.
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