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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 18:13:04 -0000
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Subject: [WASAN] Nelson Mandela:The United States of America is a Threat to
World Peace
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2251067.stm
Nelson Mandela:The United States of America is a Threat to World Peace
One of the world's most respected statesmen, Nelson Mandela, has
condemned United States intervention in the Middle East as "a threat
to world peace".
In an interview with the US magazine, Newsweek published on
Wednesday, the former South African president repeated his call for
President George Bush not to launch attacks on Iraq.
Mandela on the US
Bush motivated by arms sales and oil
Dick Cheney a 'dinosaur'
US responsible for Iran's Islamic revolution
US action led to Taleban
He said that Mr Bush was trying to please the American arms and oil
industries.
And Mr Mandela, 84, called some of Mr Bush's senior advisers,
including Vice President Dick Cheney "dinosaurs".
He said that the United States' backing for a coup by the Shah of
Iran in 1953 had led to that country's Islamic revolution in 1979.
On Afghanistan, Mr Mandela said that US support for the mujahideen
(including Osama Bin Laden) against the Soviet Union and its refusal
to work with the United Nations after the Soviet withdrawal led to
the Taleban taking power.
"If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that
the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world
peace," he said.
No evidence
Mr Mandela said that the US was clearly afraid of losing a vote in
the United Nations Security Council.
Israel has weapons of mass destruction. Nobody mentions that
Nelson Mandela
"It is clearly a decision that is motivated by George W Bush's desire
to please the arms and oil industries in the United States of
America," he said.
He said that no evidence had been presented to support the claim that
Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction, while former UN weapons
inspector in Baghdad Scott Ritter has said there is no such evidence.
"But what we know is that Israel has weapons of mass destruction.
Nobody mentions that," he said.
The former South African leader made it clear that the only member of
the Bush team he respects is Colin Powell.
He called Mr Cheney a "dinosaur" and an "arch-conservative" who does
not want Mr Bush "to belong to the modern age."
Mr Mandela recalled that Mr Cheney had been opposed to his release
from prison.
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