Thursday, November 21, 2002

Pakistani MP Brands America a 'Terrorist'
"A SENIOR Pakistani MP described America as the “biggest terrorist state” in prayers said in Parliament yesterday for a man executed in Virginia last week for the murder of two members of the CIA."

"Kansi, 38, was executed by lethal injection last Thursday. His body was returned to Quetta on Monday. His death has fueled intense anti-US sentiment in Pakistan and right-wing religious parties, which made big gains in recent parliamentary elections, have called for revenge against the United States. Many Pakistanis see Kansi as a new “icon of Islam”.

"Before his execution, Kansi told the BBC that he felt no remorse and that he had carried out the attack to register his anger at American “anti-Muslim” policy in the Middle East. The US State Department gave warning that the execution could lead to retaliation against Americans around the world."


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