Americans are so enamored of freedom that there is a statue honoring it in New York. They exported the idea of freedom to the whole world. People thought that there was no freedom except in America and spared no effort to go and live there.

The fact is that America, the country that claims to be the land of freedom and democracy, is the same terrorist country that fought Japan, Vietnam, Palestine, Afghanistan, Somalia and now Iraq. History shows us that the Americans once enslaved blacks and, before them, the Native Americans.

Today we are witnessing American human rights and international law violations, particularly in Iraq. Washington starved the Iraqi people for a decade and kept needed medicines from going there because, the Americans alleged, Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was a threat to the world.

Saddam is gone now. Does America, the country of the Statue of Liberty, want to kill the Iraqi people, steal their freedom and destroy their religion? What kind of freedom is this? Maybe it is the same freedom that America promised the Palestinians on the road map.

It is sad that we know for sure that America is a country of terrorism which it exports to peaceful countries around the world. We know that America lies about any moves to peace and yet we weakly appeal to America for justice and peace.

What is even sadder is that there are Arab countries which use every means possible to restrain people who oppose and resist America. There will come a time when those who have helped America in this cause will be betrayed just like the Shah of Iran, Suharto of Indonesia and Saddam of Iraq.

The first thing the country where we see the Statue of Liberty did was to support Zionist terrorists in occupying a free land, terrorizing the inhabitants and killing the innocent with American-made weapons. America also killed countless Japanese with atomic bombs. In addition, America slaughtered many Native Americans and it is no secret what Americans did to the Vietnamese army.

Now that same country is gathering its forces to fight Islam and to tell people that Islam is a barbaric religion. We are sure that America will lose in the end along with those who support its mistaken policies.

- Arab News From the Local Press 1 September 2003