Friday, August 04, 2006

Middle East Conflict: Mahatir's solution to the conflict - ban the dollar and the pound

Malaysia’s former premier Mahathir Mohamad, who for years has been a few shrimps short of a barbie, has called on the world to ban transactions in US dollars and British pounds as a way to stop Israel's military campaign in the Middle East.

Mahathir, said the United States would stop the violence if it was rendered poverty-stricken and "not able to finance war."