Following are excerpts from an interview with former deputy foreign minister of Egypt Abdallah Al-Ash’al, which aired on Al-Rafidein TV on October 4, 2010:
Abdallah Al-Ash’al: President Bush is no different from Hulagu [Khan], from Napoleon, or from all the other colonialists. When he came to power, he declared: We will fight the Iraqis and they will greet us with roses. All this is over now. The entire world has awakened... The invasion of Iraq took place, according to US information, after 9/11...
9/11 was done by the US. I’m 100% sure of that. I completely agree with Ahmadinejad on this. It is not possible for a foreigner to strike such a blow at America on its own turf, with such accuracy, and so on. This was the work of the US intelligence and the Israeli Mossad. If God would make Sharon speak, he would confirm it.
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