Mahathir slams Europe in book

Sat, 01 May 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: REUTERS

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): Outspoken Malaysian Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohamad takes aim at Europe in a new book, calling
Europeans war mongers who have turned to currency speculation to
impoverish Asia.

"Never a year passed in their history when they were not
fighting, not warring. Peace does not mean not fighting, only no
formal war," Mahathir says in his soon-to-be-released book, A New
Deal for Asia.

The 73-year-old leader, who has blamed foreign currency
speculators for Malaysia's first recession in 13 years, said
Europe's history is one of endless wars, each one more ferocious
than the last, Bernama said.

Mahathir, in power since 1981, said Europe's war machines were
transported across oceans to do battle with people in Asia,
Africa and the Americas. Peace is anathema to Europeans, the
national news agency quoted him as saying.

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