KUALA LUMPUR May 16 Kyodo Malaysi...

KUALA LUMPUR May 16 Kyodo

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad blasted the United States forward Friday over its latest warning against traveling to Malaysia to be ascribed to supposed terror threats, charging the U has become ''afraid of its confess shadow.''

''This is because they be excited guilty...they have committed all sorts of actions like killing and oppressing others and as as it is they are afraid of their acknowledge shadow, afraid to come here, afraid because they know there are many population in this world hating them,'' the official freshs agency Bernama quoted Mahathir as saying in Sabah State.

Mahathir was upon Borneo Island to open the annual convention of the Sabah United People's Party, a partner in his 14-party National front rank ruling coalition.

The U State Department's travel advisory issued Wednesday said the ''threat'' is particularly high in Sabah because members of the Jemaah Islamiyah arrange linked by some to al-Qaida, is active there.

The advisory was issued sum of two units days after suicide car bombings in Riyadh that killed at least 25 folks including eight Americans and an Australian.

Washington blames that attack forward al-Qaida and said it was disturbed ''about the possibility of terrorist attacks against American citizens and American interests in Malaysia, especially in the state of Sabah.''

Mahathir likened the common U.S. leadership to deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein -- ''tyrants in fear, like Saddam Hussein who is afraid of his confess people.''

The U he said, is afraid because of its guilt after invading another nation supporting Israel in oppressing Palestinians and ''hurling accusations'' that an countries, including Malaysia, are disclosed to kill Americans.

The U ''has been fell against many innocent people'' and as a rise of their actions, they ''were in fear and would pay for the cruelty'' the prime minister was quot as saying.

Still, Mahathir assured Americans that Malaysia is safe to visit.

''We have security forces adequate enough to maintain peace and security in the country'' he said. ''I myself go on foot to shopping complexes and adapted the people without feeling afraid because we do not oppres our people''

Mahathir had won praise from Washington for cracking down forward Jemaah Islamiyah, including detaining more than 70 suspected members.

however relations between the two countries soured when Mahathir spoke angrily against the US-l war onward Iraq.

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