I always find this stuff truly amazing....
CAIRO (Reuters) - Most Arab media said Tuesday that U.S. security failures were to blame for the latest suicide bombings in Baghdad and some said the bloodbath in Iraq (news - web sites)'s capital might only prolong the presence of U.S. troops.
Despite its military might, commentators said Washington had failed the Iraqis by not providing enough security to stop the devastating attacks that killed 35 people Monday at the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
"Iraq, on the first day of Ramadan, was the scene of a bloodbath and occupation forces are directly responsible for this because of the instability they created in Iraq," wrote the daily al-Khaleej, published in the United Arab Emirates.
But, like others, the daily said it feared the bombings, that included an attack on the Red Cross headquarters in Baghdad, would only extend the U.S. occupation that many in the region see as a thinly veiled act of colonialism.
"The bombing which targeted a humanitarian organization...serves the occupation and extends it instead of ending it," the paper said.
Saudi Arabia's leading al-Riyadh newspaper said the United States had to give up its dreams of controlling Iraq and the whole region or face further attacks.
"The political bubble has burst in Baghdad. Will it be followed by other explosions or will the voice of reason prevail over the American dream of hegemony?" the Arabic daily wrote.
Some were outspoken against those who carried out the attacks that cost the lives of dozens of Iraqis and wounded 230 by targeting the Red Cross and three police stations.
"What happened yesterday in Baghdad is a crime by all measures, but it is more disgraceful than a crime: it is a deadly political mistake," wrote Lebanon's as-Safir daily.
"Such political mistakes help the occupation to justify its horrible crimes," it added.
FIGHTING OCCUPATION
In Gaza, where Palestinians have been waging a three-year-old uprising against Israeli occupation, there was some sympathy for resistance but not at the price of civilian deaths.
"We condemn attacks on civilians, but that does not mean that resistance should stop, it must focus more and more on soldiers," said Dib el-Malek, a taxi driver.
Yemeni journalist Fares Ghanim said U.S. mistakes were driving people to despair, storing up further problems.
"If the security situation continues it will provide a fertile ground for Muslim extremists who want to take revenge on Americans," Ghanim said.
In non-Arab Iran, reformist parliamentarian Reza Yousefian said: "It is unjustifiable to kill ordinary people in the name of an anti-American campaign. On the contrary, the more insecurity prevails in Iraq, the longer Americans will stay."
Egypt's Al-Akhbar daily said the message was clear: "The only way to disentangle from this deadlock in which the United States finds itself and to avoid becoming mired in a swamp is to speed up the hand over of power to Iraqis."
