Thursday, December 26, 2002

MITZNA ACCUSES SHARON OF SPREADING IRAQ "HYSTERIA"

JERUSALEM, Dec 25 (AFP) - Israel's Labour party leader Amram Mitzna charged Wednesday that his rival for the January legislative poll Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was spreading "hysteria"…"Ariel Sharon is wreaking panic and hysteria on the dangers coming from Iraq partly to divert public attention from much more serious problems," Mitzna told army radio…

On Tuesday night, [Sharon] told Israeli television that Israel had received information according to which Iraq had recently transferred weapons of mass destruction to Syria.

"The risk of an Iraqi missile attack is low according to our military officials and we need to make the necessary preparations in an unruffled manner and without lapsing into hysteria," Mitzna said...





<< Home

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?