NGOs against U.S. planned attack

NGOs against U.S. planned attack

KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): A group of Malaysian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) urged the United States on Thursday not to launch military strikes against Afghanistan to avenge the Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York and Washington.

Calling themselves the Global Peace Mission, the 23 NGOs, which included Muslim, Christian and Buddhist organizations, handed over a memorandum addressed to U.S. President George W. Bush through the U.S. embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

They called for "concrete evidence" to prove that Afghanistan and Saudi radical Osama bin Laden were behind the attacks, saying that Islam has always been used as a "bogey" when terrorist attacks are committed worldwide.

Ahmad Azam Abdul Rahman, president of the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM), said the NGOs condemned the Sept. 11 attacks and conveyed their condolences to the American people.