Sunday, 6 May, 2001: Two of the states accused in a US report of involvement in terrorism have hit back by accusing Washington itself of responsibility for terrorist acts. Iran and Libya as well as Iraq, North Korea, Cuba, Sudan, Libya and Syria were cited in the US State Department's annual review of terrorism, released earlier this week. But a senior Libyan foreign ministry official rejected the accusations, saying Tripoli had been on the receiving end of "numerous attempted aggressions and assassinations" at the hands of the US. The Libyan official spoke of "organised state terrorism" against it by the US and its Nato allies in 1986, for example air raids on Tripoli and Benghazi, which, Libya said at the time, killed 31 people. Washington was also involved in "diabolical and unprecedented political intervention and pressure" to influence the outcome of the Lockerbie case, Libya's JANA news agency quoted the official as saying. In Tehran, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said the US report "lacks credibility and acceptance as far as the international community and Iran are concerned". [BBC] _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
