Arabs Urged to Regain Solidarity After US-British Attack on IraqNewspapers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday urged all Arab countries to restore Arab reconciliation and solidarity, in the wake of last Friday US- British air raids against Iraq.They denounced the "barbaricˇ±US-British military actions as " turning humanity back to the law of jungle.ˇ± The Dubai-based "Al Bayan" said that the US-British strikes on Baghdad surprised the whole world, as the international community was expecting Washington to calm down the situation in the Middle East following the continuous "Israeli aggression" against Palestinians. All Arab countries should shoulder their responsibilities at this special historical period and strive for the achievement of Arab reconciliation, while Iraq should calm down to avoid problems, the paper said. Local analysts were quoted as saying that there must be a reason that pushed the Bush Administration to begin its role in the Middle East by striking Iraq instead of calming the situation in the region -- maybe Washington wanted to hit two birds with one stone. They said that first Washington may want to create inter-Arab hatred and to kill any attempt for the restoration of Arab reconciliation, while secondly it may try to prove to Iraq the readiness of US armed forces. The Dubai-based daily "Gulf News" commented that George W. Bush is out to revive a failed policy, proving that he is his father's on. Former President George Bush launched the 1991 Gulf War to evict Iraqi troops out of Kuwait. It is clear that the Friday attack was motivated more by domestic compulsions than by national security concerns, the daily said. Meanwhile, the paper warned that what Bush has inherited is just a failed US policy towards Iraq, and Friday's attack shows that America and Britain are already isolated in the world for their brutal attacks on Iraq, and if Bush ventures down the same beaten track, he is not going to gain much. |
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