- BAGHDAD - The United States
will continue to provoke armed conflicts around the world once it has wrapped
up its "crusade" in Afghanistan, Iraq's official press said on
Tuesday. Washington "will contrive wars here and there in order to
create pretexts to keep its forces in occupation" of various regions
under the banner of defending the United States "and its so-called
allies," wrote Ath-Thawra, mouthpiece of Iraq's ruling Baath Party.
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- The United States "is behaving as if it were the
world's leader, policeman and judge, and the world must accept its rulings
and punishments," the paper said. The army daily Al-Qadissiya said
that by expanding the scope of its "aggression," the US would
be seeking to "cover up the impasse in which it finds itself after
attacking Afghanistan and declaring war on all countries that do not support
its crusade."
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- Washington would also be seeking to "assert its
leadership of the world order," the paper said. Baghdad, Washington's
sworn foe since the 1991 Gulf War, says it expects to be the next target
of the United States, which has indicated it will pursue its anti-terror
campaign after the end of the war in Afghanistan.
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