US anti-terror campaign targets Muslims: Mahathir

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TOKYO - Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said the US-led global anti-terror campaign was targetting Muslims and warned such action would only breed more violence.

"Sanctions have been applied against more Muslim countries than others," Mahathir, who arrived in Tokyo on Thursday, said in a speech delivered at the United Nations University in Tokyo.

"While Iraq, Iran and North Korea are labelled as the axis of evil, action is concentrated only on Iraq and Iran, Muslim countries," he said.

Iraq, Iran and North Korea were lumped together in an "axis of evil" by US President George W Bush this year. All were accused of developing and spreading weapons of mass destruction.

"Muslims condemn these acts of terror as much as non-Muslims and most of them have shown a willingness to cooperate in the fight against terrorism," the vociferous critic of Washington said.

"But their contribution does not free them from suspicion. The net result is anger, bitterness and frustration among the Muslims. The net result, simply stated, is their terror attacks."

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