--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Chinese Women
Film in China
War on Poverty
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar
Telephone and
Postal Codes
Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the UN
Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organizations in Switzerland
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Bush Accused of Waging Unnecessary War in Iraq

A leading opposition US politician accused US President Bush of having forced Americans into an unnecessary conflict in Iraq, where a car bomb killed five people outside a police station.  

In other violence two Pakistanis and a Turk in a convoy of US military supplies were killed in a guerrilla attack on Wednesday, and the Pentagon said a growing proportion of "non-hostile" US military deaths in Iraq were due to suicide.

 

US Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy said Bush had capitalized on fear from the September 11 attacks to put a "spin on the truth to justify a war that could well become one of the worst blunders in more than two centuries of American foreign policy."

 

Bush, seeking re-election in November, ordered US-led forces to invade Iraq last March to topple Saddam Hussein after accusing the Iraqi leader of possessing weapons of mass destruction. Officials said Baghdad had contacts with al Qaeda.

 

A US official said a document found with Saddam when he was captured in December warned his supporters to be wary about linking up with foreigners arriving in Iraq to fight Americans.

 

"The implication is ... he can't entirely trust these guys," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

 

Washington has blamed Saddam supporters and foreign Islamic militants, including al Qaeda fighters, for attacks on US-led forces in Iraq since Saddam was ousted in April.

 

Danes say no chemical arms

 

No weapons of mass destruction have been found so far. Denmark said initial tests showed mortar bombs found this month did not contain any chemical substances as originally suspected.

 

The US military said five people were killed and 29 hurt in the car bombing in the restive town of Baquba, about 40 miles north of Baghdad. Many victims were Iraqi police.

 

The US military said it had captured a former leading figure in Saddam's Baath Party from south of Baghdad who was on Washington's list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis.

 

"As a result of aggressive operations this week, the coalition announces the capture of Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad, number 54 on the most wanted list," Brigadier-General Mark Kimmitt told a news conference in Baghdad.

 

The Pentagon said at least 21 US troops had committed suicide in Iraq, representing one in seven American "non-hostile" deaths since March.

 

"Fighting this kind of war is clearly going to be stressful for some people," Assistant Defense Secretary for Health Affairs William Winkenwerder told reporters, adding the military planned to deal with "battle stress" in Iraq.

 

The proportion of suicide cases was nearly 14 percent compared to 11 percent three months ago.

 

A total of 496 US troops have been killed since March, 343 in combat and 153 in non-hostile incidents, the Pentagon said.

 

Bremer seeks to win support

 

On the political front, US Governor Paul Bremer's administration in Baghdad signaled it was striving to meet demands, particularly by top Shi'ite Muslim cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, for a more democratic handover of power to Iraqis.

 

Under a US plan, regional caucuses will select a transitional assembly by the end of May and it will choose an interim government for sovereignty by the end of June. Full elections will follow in 2005.

 

Bremer has said he respects Sistani, influential with Iraq's Shi'ite majority who were repressed under Saddam, but says there is not enough time to organize an election by June.

 

US officials said they were reviewing the caucus system.

 

Underlining Bremer's problems in uniting Iraq's different religious and ethnic groups and smoothing tensions in the region, a senior Iraqi Kurd pressed his people's claim to the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk.

 

It drew a swift frosty reaction from Turkey which fears the establishment of a separate Kurdish state.

 

US Treasury Secretary John Snow and special presidential envoy James Baker met International Monetary Fund senior officials to discuss Iraq.

 

No details of the talks were available, but Baker has been tasked by Bush to reduce Iraq's debt which the IMF has estimated at around US$120 billion.

 

(China Daily January 15, 2004)

Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688
主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲电影在线看| 国产一级淫片免费播放| avav片在线看| 思思久久99热只有频精品66| 久久久久久久久久福利| 最好看最新日本中文字幕| 亚洲最大av网站在线观看| 男人j放进女人p全黄| 午夜视频久久久久一区| 蒂法3d同人全肉动漫在线播放| 国产极品粉嫩交性大片| 18到20岁女人一级毛片| 国内精品久久久久影院日本| bt最佳磁力搜索引擎吧| 小草视频免费观看| 中文字幕无码不卡一区二区三区 | 131美女爱做视频| 国内揄拍国内精品| 99热在线精品国产观看| 天天做天天爱天天一爽一毛片| 一级成人a免费视频| 成年丰满熟妇午夜免费视频| 久久久久久91| 日本久久久久中文字幕| 久久天天躁狠狠躁夜夜avapp | 黄色片子在线观看| 国产欧美另类久久精品蜜芽 | 亚洲AV无码国产一区二区三区| 欧美另类videosbestsex高清| 亚洲日韩第一页| 欧美毛多水多肥妇| 亚洲最大综合网| 毛片在线免费观看网站| 亚洲精品99久久久久中文字幕 | 婷婷六月久久综合丁香76 | 欧美成人在线免费| 亚洲日本一区二区三区在线不卡 | 日韩人妻无码中文字幕视频| 久久精品国产久精国产| 日韩精品一区二区三区在线观看 | 特级毛片免费播放|