http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040221/wl_mideast_afp/yemen_us_iraq_terror&cid=1514&ncid=1473DUBAI (AFP) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, while declaring himself a "partner" of the United States in the war on terror, accused Washington of having invaded Iraq (news - web sites) to control the region's oil.
In an interview with Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel, Saleh also asserted that Yemen was now "free" of the terror scourge and dismissed reports that his country was hosting "secret" US bases.
"The United States committed a huge mistake when it occupied Iraq under the pretext that it harbors weapons of mass destruction," Saleh said.
Even the claim that ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) was a problem does not hold water, because Saddam was prepared "to negotiate with them about everything," including his country's oil wealth, said the Yemeni president.
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