Moroccan press fearful of aftermath of US adventurism
Morocco-Iraq, Politics, 3/22/2003

The Moroccan press comments this Friday mixed criticism and denunciation of the US-led war in Iraq, solidarity with the Iraqi people and fears over the aftermath of the US "adventurism" in the Middle East.

Moroccan dailies and weeklies parade such various titles as "Towards a new world order," "Adventurism," "Bush Precipitates the Planet in War," "the Law of the strong" and "Outlaw Bush."

"In what state will this dangerous precedent leave the world? What role will international law still have in the community of nations? And what weight will a discredited and ridiculed UNO still have?" asks Aujourd'hui le Maroc. As we are witnessing the extermination of a people, who is next on the list? the paper wonders.

In a more outspoken analysis, Maroc Ouest says this war aims, above all, to destabilize the Arab states in order "to rebuild it according to schemes that serve Washington's interests." The world entered a new phase where "state dictatorship is justified by new concepts such as terrorism, the axis of evil and peace with weapons," the daily goes.

In its editorial, Liberation expects the war to precipitate the world in uncertainty and unexpected dangers, voicing hope that in the US, more serene and level-headed voices will intervene to lay some moderation to these extremist trends, "because peace is a right of all nations."

La Vie Eco warns the Arab states that by adopting a passive attitude it will not be shielded from turmoil, while the already-weakened Europe will certainly never become a political power, despite its economic and monetary weight.

In a more optimistic tone, Bayane Al Yaoum, writes that the start of hostilities does not mean the end of political efforts, mobilization and initiatives to stop the aggression, restore peace and stability and preserve Iraq's unity and sovereignty.

For Attajammua, the main victims of the conflict will be children, women, the elderly, Iraq's resources and developing countries' economies. War only worsens world insecurity, it stresses.

Annidal Addimoqrati speculates that if the US destroys Iraq, it will have to assume the historical responsibility of having plunged the world back in anarchy and the non-respect of law.

The newspapers also commented on the speech delivered by King Mohammed VI on Thursday and note the royal call to Moroccans to manifest "wisdom and circumspection" in this "fateful circumstances as events in Iraq are taking a dangerous turn."

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