Islamic Nations Call for GIs to Leave Iraq

[Judi Lynn]

3:07 AM PDT, October 11, 2003

Islamic Nations Call for GIs to Leave Iraq

By PATRICK McDOWELL, Associated Press Writer


PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — The world's Islamic nations opened their biggest meeting in three years Saturday with a call for the eviction of U.S. troops from Iraq and the rapid restoration of its sovereignty.

Divisions over Iraq threatened to prevent Islamic leaders from finding a unified voice to address a widespread feeling that the war against terrorism has turned into a war against Muslims.

The gathering of the 57 countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the world's biggest Muslim political grouping, is its first regular summit since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks brought terrorism to the center of world politics.

Senior officials opened discussions with a prayer Saturday in Malaysia's new administrative capital, Putrajaya. They will lay out positions for their foreign ministers and national leaders to consider later in the week, ranging from Israel's airstrike on Syria to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. (snip/...)

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/ats-ap_intl10oct11,1,393551.story?coll=sns-ap-topinternational

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1. Changed link

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/ats-ap_intl11oct11,1,852304.story?coll=sns-ap-topinternational

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2. Changed it again already - Sorry

Best idea - just clik on either one

- finds the right link under the "AP Headlines" on the right of the screen

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3. More from the Article

""Everybody among the Islamic countries has to make a choice," Burcuoglu said. "If there is no such resolution, then what should be the position of Islamic countries -- to stay out and wait for something else and to just observe the tragedy going on?"

But Iran's deputy foreign minister, Gholamali Khoshroo, said that Muslim countries were unanimous in feeling that the United States should leave Iraq and hand over power to Iraqis. Striking a common position on peacekeepers would not be on the summit agenda, he said.

Syria declared that it wants the conference to formally condemn Israel's airstrike against a training base for Palestinian militants on its soil. Damascus claims the base was closed years ago, while Israel insists it was being used recently by suicide bombers plotting attacks.

Syria has run into snags in the U.N. Security Council in persuading European countries to support a resolution condemning Israel, and the United States has threatened a veto. "

Well - looks to me like the whole ME is either gonna destabilize

OR

Unite solidly against UNOWHO !!

and it appears as if they are heading in the direction of an UNPRECEDENTED solidarity AGAINST the West

Pretty sick way of getting peeps to Unite

Just My Humble Canuk Opinion

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4. Another link (Different News Service) - Same Story

Islamic Nations Call for U.S. Out of Iraq

YUP - title changed from "GIs" to "US"

Same Author and story word for word

From The Associated Press: