Baghdad attacks Cohen's tour in the Gulf

The Iraqi government attacked tour of US Defense Secretary William Cohen to the Gulf area.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf addressed severe blame to the Gulf states for responding to the nature of this visit.

While Babel newspaper, run by son of the Iraqi president, Uday Saddam Hussein, said, "The Gulf citizen will wake up one day to find himself on the edge of bankruptcy due to US polices toward the Gulf countries that are based on domination and stealing treasures of the Gulf in the name of the alleged Iraqi embargo."

It criticized the US defense secretary's tour, saying Cohen will do nothing but emphasize that Iraq forms a danger, and he will force the officials in these countries to sign new weapons transactions that will steal the Gulf oil resources.