Malaysian: U.S. Plotting 2 Invasions
By Associated Press
December 16, 2005
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's former prime minister accused the United States on Thursday of scheming to invade Iran and Syria and said the Iranian president's statements against Israel are giving Washington the excuse.
On Monday, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, called the Holocaust a "myth."
Opening a three-day global peace forum in Kuala Lumpur, Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's former longtime leader, charged that the U.S. Congress has "prepared legal authority for aggression against other countries" through laws allowing it to meddle into other nations' affairs.
The Iran Freedom and Support Act of 2005 carries a subtle threat of war and "sounds like blackmail," he said. He noted that when introduced in the House, the official title was "to hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran."
"Democracy, human rights, possession of WMD (weapons of mass destruction) are convenient excuses for war and killing," said Mahathir.
He said Ahmadinejad's call to wipe out Israel has provided "additional grounds for aggression" to Washington.
December 16, 2005
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's former prime minister accused the United States on Thursday of scheming to invade Iran and Syria and said the Iranian president's statements against Israel are giving Washington the excuse.
On Monday, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, called the Holocaust a "myth."
Opening a three-day global peace forum in Kuala Lumpur, Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's former longtime leader, charged that the U.S. Congress has "prepared legal authority for aggression against other countries" through laws allowing it to meddle into other nations' affairs.
The Iran Freedom and Support Act of 2005 carries a subtle threat of war and "sounds like blackmail," he said. He noted that when introduced in the House, the official title was "to hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran."
"Democracy, human rights, possession of WMD (weapons of mass destruction) are convenient excuses for war and killing," said Mahathir.
He said Ahmadinejad's call to wipe out Israel has provided "additional grounds for aggression" to Washington.
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