[iwar] [fc:Saddam:.U.S..practicing.terrorism]

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Date: 2001-10-21 09:45:03

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Saddam: U.S. practicing terrorism

By SAMEER N. YACOUB

    BAGHDAD, Iraq, (AP)       *****

 - Saddam Hussein accused the United States of 11 years of terrorism
against Iraq, and the government newspaper claimed Saturday that the
U.S.  government organized the global anthrax scare to gain support for
its war on terror. 

Saddam's comments came in what the official Iraqi News Agency said was a
response to a letter from an American who asked him to try to improve
Iraqi-U.S.  relations in order to solve disputes and fight terrorism. 

``Do you know that your administration has been promoting terrorism
against us, calling for ending our regime by force and allocating funds
for this purpose,'' the agency quoted Saddam as saying in his response. 

The Iraqi president said the United States, which regards his regime as
a sponsor of terrorism, targets Iraq because it refuses to comply with
U.S.  policies in the Middle East. 

He also denounced the U.S.-supported U.N.  trade sanctions imposed on
his country after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, which led to Iraq's
defeat at the hands of a U.S.-led coalition the 1991 Persian Gulf War. 

Saddam accused successive U.S.  administrations of ``committing acts of
genocide against Iraq by imposing the 11 years of sanctions that led to
the killing of 1.5 million people.''

Iraq has repeatedly claimed the sanctions have killed more than 1
million people.  However, Iraq is allowed to use oil revenues to buy
humanitarian goods, and U.S.  officials say Saddam has let is own people
go hungry by failing to take full advantage of that. 

Saddam also said the United States has failed to provide proof linking
Osama bin Laden to the Sept.  11 terrorist attacks and denounced the
U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan. 

``Those who attack people with missiles should expect someone to try to
seek revenge for his people and dignity,'' the agency quoted Saddam as
saying.  It said the letter to Saddam was from Christopher J.  Love, of
Pennsylvania. 

In an editorial, the Iraqi government daily Al-Jumhuriya accused the
U.S.  administration of being behind the global anthrax scare, saying
that ``America is in need for any new pretext to continue its
aggression.''

U.S.  officials have not determined the origin of anthrax that has
infected several people in the United States since the Sept.  11
attacks, and say there is no evidence so far that it is associated with
a weapons program.  Iraq is believed to have experimented with anthrax
as a weapon. 

AP-NY-10-20-01 1033EDT

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