- CAIRO (Reuters) - The head
of the 22-member Arab League said on Tuesday that Arabs would not stand
for any attack on Iraq as an extension of the U.S. "war on
terrorism"
and said such a move would destroy the present global coalition.
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- Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the inter-government
body and a former Egyptian foreign minister, was speaking a day after
President
Bush demanded Baghdad let international arms inspections resume or face
unspecified consequences.
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- "We do not accept striking Iraq or any other Arab
country,' Moussa said in remarks carried on the Web site of Egypt's
official
MENA news agency and monitored by the BBC.
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- "Launching military action against any Arab state
would spell the end of consensus in the international alliance against
terrorism."
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- He said that this Arab position would not be changed
by Bush's comments. The U.S. president did not specify what consequences
Iraq might face but said President Saddam Hussein, long an avowed enemy
of Washington, would "find out."
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- Arab leaders have repeatedly said they oppose expanding
the U.S. campaign, which has focused on removing the Taliban Islamic
militia
from power in Afghanistan, to include any Arab state.
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- There have been concerns in the region that Washington
might launch strikes against Arab countries such as Sudan, Libya, Iraq
and Syria, which Washington includes on an official list of states it
believes
sponsor terrorism.
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