U.S. behind rising wave of global terrorism: Boutros-Ghali

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CAIRO (IslamOnline.net) - Former UN secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali held the U.S. administration accountable for rising wave of terrorism, saying Washington's unilateral approach has fuelled civil wars across the world.

Boutros-Ghali also asked American President George W. Bush to order his forces out of Iraq and to allow Arab countries mediate a peaceful settlement to the crisis gripping the war-scarred country.

Currently holding the presidency of Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), Boutros-Ghali blamed the U.S. policies for the breakout of many conflicts everywhere in Africa, Latin America and Asia. "The U.S. adopts a unilateral approach in handling international conflicts, without taking into account viewpoints of other world countries that have different mechanisms to settle them." He said the Middle East long-standing conflict makes a case in point. "Washington has turned down attempts by the European Union to mediate a settlement to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, at the same time it also supports Israel's right-wing parties." Boutros-Ghali believes such a U.S. unilateral approach causes to complicate the situation in the Middle East and "plays into the hands of terrorists to gain more ground in the Arab and Islamic countries."

The former Egyptian diplomat was elected to the top post of the UN in 1992 - but the U.S. vetoed an extension of his term to 2001 despite approval of many other member states of the world organization. Violence begets blood

Tehran Times

[stellanoir]

1. Boutros Boutros-Ghali. . .

coolest name ever in diplomacy.

Ya think that Dr. Dean just surreptitiously performed "spinal replacement surgery" on the UN. . .?

Annan & Ghali. . .keep speaking the truth!

[peacetalksforall]

2. Finally, words about negotiation and peace.

No political entity has ever kept killing forever and we can't sustain a 50 year war as other countries have done.

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.

[llmart]

3. You'll never see this article in our mainstream media...

That's the difference between real journalism and the tripe we get here in the US. This guy spoke the truth and so does Kofi Annan. We are the biggest terrorists in the world.

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4. Kofi Annan said today "No one is above the law"

I like it Leave Iraq now!!

[H. Rearden]

5. Fair and balanced

The Tehran Times, in its quest for fairness and balance (sic), should have mentioned the findings from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's 2004 Yearbook:

19 major armed conflicts were under way worldwide in 2003, a sharp drop from 33 wars counted in 1991.

Or

The Canadian organization Project Ploughshares, using broader criteria to define armed conflict, says in its new annual report that the number of conflicts declined to 36 in 2003, from a peak of 44 in 1995.

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6. They are every bit as fair and balanced as Faux News.

That is, not at all.

The actual source is Islam Online, also not a site that pretends
to great objectivity. Nevertheless, I expect that the words of
Mr. Boutros-Ghali are reported accurately here, whether they
themselves (the words) are accurate or not.

I can't say I find Mr. Boutros-Ghali's logic compelling myself,
although I do think he is right that we have given terrorism a
healthy shot-in-the-arm these last couple years with all the
clumsy barging around in international affairs.

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7. Good they are seeing what DU is seeing - Bush = terrorism increase

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8. What a concept ,

allow Arab countries mediate a peaceful settlement to the crisis gripping the war-scarred country.

Listen up chimpy, your going to have to give up all those private contracts you've been working on .