From: "Stasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 06:09:47 +0100 To: "Peoples War" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] Iraq: Saddam Tells Cubans Iraq Ready To Confront US Enemy - EFE "The Americans are continuing their known hatred to Iraq ... (and) have allocated money for traitors out of Iraq, (but) we are not annoyed because America is an enemy." ... on Iraqi-American relations." Saddam Hussein Iraqi president. SADDAM SAYS IRAQ HAS ARSENAL TO CONFRONT THE "U.S. ENEMY". Baghdad, Aug 22, 2001 (EFE via COMTEX) - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has told a visiting Cuban delegation that his country has rebuilt its arsenal and the armed forces are prepared to confront "the U.S. enemy", local news reports said Wednesday. "Our military capacity is much better than in years past and politically we are also in better shape, as our relations with the Arab countries and the rest of the world has improved immensely," Saddam said. He made the comments late Tuesday to a visiting delegation of Cuban politicians who brought a message to Saddam from President Fidel Castro, the state news agency INA reported. "The battle continues on the political, economic and military fronts but we are confident in a final victory," he told his visitors. Saddam also expressed Baghdad's support for Havana "against any U.S. attempt to harm Cuba" and blasted Washington's policy of providing funds for exiled Cuban and Iraqi opposition groups. The Iraqi leader took a swipe at neighboring Saudi Arabia and Kuwait which he accused of collaboring with the air campaign by the United States and Britain against his country. Both neighbors provide bases for the U.S. and British warplanes which patrol the U.N.-imposed no-fly zones over southern Iraq and occasionally strike at Iraqi air defense sites. EFE Copyright (c) 2001. Agencia EFE S.A ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/M8mxkD/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/XcSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> _________________________________________________ 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] __________________________________________________
