BAGHDAD, Iraq –– American aggression toward Afghanistan is pushing the world toward a pit "filled with blood and tragedies," Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said Tuesday.
By Sameer N.Yacoub
Associated Press Writer
In his third open letter since Sept. 11, Saddam said U.S. foreign policy was to blame for the attacks on New York and Washington.
"The world needs to abort the United States' aggressive schemes, including its aggression on the Afghan people, which must be stopped," the letter said. It was addressed to people and governments of the West.
The United States is pushing the world toward a deep pit from which it will not leave until "that pit is filled with blood and tragedies," Saddam said.
He also called on the United States to eliminate its own weapons of mass destruction before demanding that of others.
The United States is the firmest backer of crippling sanctions against Iraq that cannot be lifted until the United Nations is satisfied Iraq has ceased making chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
Also Tuesday, a newspaper owned by Saddam's son Odai Hussein predicted that the United States would attack Iraq by the year's end.
President Bush "will try to settle the unfinished business left by his father who was not able to overthrow Iraq's government during the 1991 Gulf War," the newspaper Babil wrote in a front-page editorial.
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