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25.07.02, 15:37
AMERICAN NATION OF ISLAM AGAINST WAR IN IRAQ
The leader of the US organization Nation of Islam, Louis Farakhan has
criticized US Middle East policy. Farakhan called the US President to leave
alone Yasser Arafat and warned that a strike against Iraq would be an attack
against God. Recently Farakhan returned to the US after his peace mission
over Africa and the Middle East.
According to Iraqi information agencies, during his visit to Baghdad, the
leader of Nation of Islam said that US Muslims were praying for the victory
of Iraq over the United States. After having returned to the US, Farakhan at
once denied that reports. He said that somebody tried to slander him in the
atmosphere of US patriotism. He said that he preyed only for the victory of
peace.
Louis Farakhan brought bad news to the US President from the Middle East.
After the US administration statements about necessity to dismiss Arafat,
Palestinians started more resolutely support his leader, Farakhan said. While
the Paletinians anger grew. Farakhan supposes that US interests will suffer
if the United States are not able to use levers they posses to establish
peace.
Farakhan supports full withdraw of Israeli troops from Palestinian
territories. He called the US and the UN to taking under their control
creation of Palestinian State. As for the terrorist acts committed by
Palestinians against Israelis, the leader of Nation of Islam said that acts
were caused by bad conditions in which Palestinians live. “They have no
alternative,” – Farakhan states. According to Washington Times, within recent
ten years, Farakhan several times visited Iraq.
The Muslim leader is sure that military strike on Iraq would excite a tide of
hatred towards America and provoke a people’s revolt. Farkhan opposes
sanctions against Iraq, which the UN does not intend to abolish till its
military inspectors can enter the country. Louis Farakhan said that he was
ready to prepare a special report for Colin Powel about visiting Iraq,
through which he intended to call the White House to refraining from
delivering strike against Yasser Arafat. Though, will the US administration
listen no this call?