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Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:30 PM
Iraqi Vice President Says U.S. No. 1 Terrorist State in
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Xinhuanet 2002-01-10
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BAGHDAD, January 9 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Vice
President Taha Yassin Ramadan on Wednesday accused the United States
of being the world's "No. 1 terrorist country" which has committed
terrorism against Iraq for more than a decade, the state-run Iraq TV
reported. "The U.S., through its continuous
aggressions against Iraq, reveals its ugly face and becomes the Number
One terrorist country in the world," Ramadan told a visiting Spanish
delegation which came to show solidarity with the embargo-hit
nation. Ramadan stressed that the U.S. has continued
"terrorism" from 1990 till now through "the cruel embargo and the
flagrant military aggressions," the report said.
Since the 1991 Gulf War, triggered by Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait,
the U.S. has been pursuing a policy of containment which combines
economic embargo and repeated military strikes against
Iraq. The U.S. has designated Iraq, under sweeping
international embargo since 1990, as one of "the state sponsors of
terrorism." "Ramadan renewed Iraq's call for lifting the
embargo and stopping the U.S. interference in its internal affairs as
well as military aggressions against its sovereignty and territorial
integrity," the report said. The U.S. administration
headed by President George W. Bush has maintained a tough policy
toward the Iraqi regime since it took office one year ago. Bush has
hinted that Iraq might become a U.S. target after Afghanistan by
demanding the Iraqi regime to allow arms inspectors back into the
country or face the consequences. Iraq has barred arms
inspectors since the U.S.-British military blitz in December
1998. Enditem
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