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Yahoo! News - Gorbachev Says U.S. Attack Big Mistake, Unjustified
OTSU, Japan (Reuters) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who gave tacit approval for the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites), said on Thursday the U.S. attack on Iraq was a major mistake that would do huge damage to international relations and security.
Gorbachev, who was president of the Soviet Union when the first Gulf War broke out in January 1991, told reporters at an international water conference in Japan that it seemed the United States was trying to make the world its own province.
"I believe not only that this war is unjustified, it is a major political mistake," Gorbachev said.
"It will do tremendous damage to international relations and to world security," he said.
"It is an attempt to teach a lesson to all other states and shows that the U.S. administration is trying to make the world its own province."
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