NEW YORK - Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad criticized US enforcement of its anti-terror policy and called Washington "completely isolated" in its Iraq policy, in a Newsweek interview.

"I still support the war o­n terrorism, but the United States has gone overboard," Mahathir told Newsweek in its latest edition.

"It is delaying and turning back visitors, stopping cargo, boarding ships o­n the high seas. These actions are becoming counterproductive, they feed anti-Americanism."

He told the newsweekly that the United States was "completely isolated" in its bid to launch a war against Iraq after warning Friday at the World Economic Forum that a war o­n Iraq could foment anger and drive people towards terrorism.