Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 19:41:19 GMT Subject: Fw:Iraq Calls on Arabs to Hit US, Allies, AFP From: rb <chaimberel-AT-juno.com> ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- From: "Laurie Mylroie" <sam11-AT-erols.com> To: "Laurie Mylroie" <sam11-AT-erols.com> Subject: Iraq Calls on Arabs to Hit US, Allies, AFP Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 23:09:30 -0400 Iraq: Group Urges Arabs To Hit US Interests Paris AFP (North European Service) in English 1531 GMT 07/12/2002 [FBIS Transcribed Text] BAGHDAD, July 12 (AFP) - A pro-Iraqi organization urged Arabs on Friday to strike at US interests should Washington carry out its threats to attack Iraq. "Political parties, parliaments, trade unions and all nationalist, Islamist and leftist (organizations) across the Arab world and among Arabs in exile should stage protests ... and prepare to resist any aggression against Iraq," said a statement by the secretariat of the Baghdad-based Congress of Arab Popular Forces. "They should consider US interests and the (US) presence, as well as the allies and agents who assist (Washington), a target in responding firmly to the forces of evil and strike them with all available means," said the statement obtained by AFP. The Congress of Arab Popular Forces, a non-governmental organization, groups a number of Arab political parties, trade unions and other groups that consider themselves nationalist. Its secretary general, Saad Qassem Hammudi, is a senior official in Iraq's ruling Baath Party and a former information minister. The group's statement also called on Iraq's neighbors to make clear where they stand on reported plans to use their territory as a springboard for a US military offensive against Iraq, saying silence in such conditions amounted to "complicity." Kuwait's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammad al-Sabah said in remarks published Friday the emirate would not accept to serve as a launching pad for a US attack, one day after Jordan dismissed a stream of foreign press reports suggesting it could be used as a base for such a strike. US President George W. Bush this week renewed a pledge to use "all tools" at his disposal to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, whom Washington accuses of developing weapons of mass destruction. [Description of Source: Independent French News Agency] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. --- from list nietzsche-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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