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| Thursday, 23 October 2003 |
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Mahathir lashes out at state terrorism, WTO YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, Wednesday (Reuters) Outspoken Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday state terrorism was worse than that committed by individual groups and accused countries advocating democracy of terrorising the world. His comments in this central Java city came as U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in the Indonesian resort island of Bali for talks with President Megawati Sukarnoputri and Muslim leaders in a bid to explain Washington's war on terror. Mahathir said "terror attacks are not just by irregulars acting on their own". "Indeed, we see states launching massive retaliation, not just to curb suspected terrorists, but his family, his home, his village and his town." "It would be ridiculous to think that such attacks do not terrorise the innocent. In fact, the terrorism is even greater, for it is systematic and executed with heavy weapons in the hands of trained soldiers." "It would seem that the great exponents and practitioners of democracy believe that the way to spread the doctrine and to break down resistance is by terrorising the world." The 78-year-old did not name the country or countries he had in mind, but has been a frequent critic in the past of U.S., Israeli and Australian policies, among a number of others. Mahathir's recent remark that "Jews rule the world by proxy" brought widespread criticism which he said only proved he was right. |
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