Amman Attack: Is America to Blame?
Has Bush's 'War on Terror'(read 'War on Iraq') made the world safer? As anyone with a few brain-cells can see, it did not. What it did was actually make it much worse, as shown by the latest spate of terror attacks in Jordan on 11/9. These attacks can be largely blamed on Bush's illegimate, illegal, deadly war of aggression against Iraq."The critical political and operational point is that American-dominated Iraq has provided the environment of occupation, resistance, violence and chaos that has made that country the base for attracting and training terrorists." ....." many Arabs feel that American policies have promoted rather than reduced terror in the Middle East. The Jordanian commentator Jamil Nimri stated succinctly in the Amman daily Al-Ghad last week: "The United States' policy in fighting terrorism has made terrorism even worse and has widened its circle. We are the ones paying the price." Rami G. Khouri, IHT
The main point of 11/9 in Amman is not about the specific attack, but the wider war it portends. America's unmitigated support of Israel with disregard for the Palestinian people adds to the pot in this volatile region.
Read full article from which these quotes were taken in the International Herald Tribune here
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