CAIRO -- Iraqi Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani charged Thursday U.S. mistakes and excessive use of violence against Iraqis fuels terrorism.
"I believe the serious mistakes committed by the Americans and the mockery made by allied forces of Iraqis are the reasons for the dangerous security deterioration and rampant violence," Talabani said in an interview with Cairo's daily al-Ahram.
He accused the U.S.-led multinational forces of humiliating and degrading Iraqis, fuelling feelings of hatred and extremism.
"How could we accept that U.S. soldiers torture and the humiliation of Iraqi nationals by laying them on the ground and crushing their heads and necks with their military boots," said Talabani who heads the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
He blasted the bombing attacks sweeping the country as "sheer terrorism" that has nothing to do with national resistance.
"Those behind the attacks are terrorists while resistance is a sacred national act," he said.
