U.S. may be behind Bali bombing: PAS

U.S. may be behind Bali bombing: PAS

MALAYSIA: Malaysia's opposition Islamic party said on Wednesday the United States could be behind the deadly Bali bomb blast in neighboring Indonesia which killed more than 180 people, most of them Western tourists.

"The U.S. will take the opportunity to get international sympathy from this bombing, saying that Muslims committed the violence, hence the need to attack Iraq," said Mahfuz Omar, a member of parliament and youth chief of the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS).

Mahfuz said the West was trying to contain the growth of Islam in Southeast Asia and the bombing was an excuse to interfere in the security of the region and garner international support for U.S. plans to attack Iraq and topple President Saddam Hussein. --AFP