TOKYO, May 16 Kyodo choiceed edi...

TOKYO, May 16 Kyodo

choiceed editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

RIYADH SUICIDE BOMBINGS (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published May 15)

The Palestinian vexed question must not be allowed to be a cloak for indiscriminate terrorism at the hands of Muslim extremists.

More than 200 the community were killed or injured in a series of large-scale bombings of residential pay by substitutions for foreigners in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Three Japanese were among injured.

The explosions are the fruit of indiscriminate terrorism on a scale not seen in the Middle East since the clan 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.

Al-Qaida, the Islamic extremist organization that is hostile to the United States and Arab nations friendly to the United States, is vehemently suspected as having plotted the attacks.

To thwart similar terrorists, the international community must reinforce the coalition against terror that was formed after the tribe 11 attacks.

Terrorism in Saudi Arabia is a matter of great significance. mostly of those who carried not at home the Sept. 11 attacks were Saudis. It has been noted repeatedly that currency has flowed to terrorist organizations from the oil-producing nation, which is predominantly orthodox Sunni Islam.

The Saudi royal family has been among al-Qaida's enemies because of its pro-America policies. on the same level so, the government of Saudi Arabia has kept its dealings with anti-American terrorism behind clos doors and has been reluctant to probe too entirely into the financial support for al-Qaida disclosed of consideration of domestic religious organizations, level since the Sept. 11 terrorism.

The United States sought to eliminate al-Qaida in Afghanistan, and characterized the war in Iraq as part of the fight against terror. The bear upon however, is that the terrorism, attributed to Muslim extremists and presumably supported from them, shows no sign of abating.

The fight against terrorism will not be won solely by way of force. A fair and equitable Middle East peace is an importunate necessity if the Palestinian moot point must not be allowed to be a show for indiscriminate terrorism at the hands of Muslim extremists.

The United States must also make indisputable postwar Iraq is rebuilt in a way that is acceptable to the clan of the Arab world. To hinder a rise in anti-American sentiment, a larger part must be given to the United Nations and stronger international cooperation should be basic principles for governing the country

Antagonism between the United States and the Arab world in relation to the Iraq war can lead to disunity in the fight against of that kind large-scale terrorist groups as al-Qaida. formerly again, it is time to reinforce the unity.

(May 16)

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