\"The U.S. never proved Bin Laden\'s connection to the Sept. 11 attacks,\" says MK Abdel Malek Dahamshe, and his colleague Muhammad Kenaan agrees: \"I would have expected the Arab nations to more forcefully condemn the attack... The U.S. simply decided that it wants to liquidate Islam and the Moslems.\" But first and foremost among the Arab MKs condemning the American attack was MK Muhammad Barakeh, who said today that the American attack is \"an attempt to intervene in a foreign regime… It fans the flames of terrorism, hits innocent people… The U.S. wants to stabilize its power and the distribution of world wealth in an unjust manner…\"



The United States has closed its embassy in Damascus, Syria, as well as the school for diplomats\' children in the city. A spokesman said that the move was taken for fear of a terrorist attack. A leading Syrian newspaper published an article blaming Israel for the increase in world terrorism.