Beijing, Sept. 12 – The U.S.-led war against terror has “led to more terrorism,” and must be corrected, warned China’s state-run news agency Xinhua yesterday on the 15th anniversary of the downing of the World Trade Center towers in New York City.

An opinion piece by the news agency says military intervention in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and other places has led to European allies (of the U.S.) “to bear the brunt of its missteps” in the form of frequent terrorist attacks on their soil.

The article says, “War doesn’t root out terrorism, rather it becomes a breeding ground of terror groups, and the U.S. needs to amend its anti-terror and diplomatic policies.”

Citing the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 as an example, it says the superpower has left behind “violence, insurgency and sectarian strife, which fomented terrorist groups such as the Islamic State (IS and ISIS).”

It added that subsequent interventions in northern Africa and the Middle East have created the worst migrant crisis in Europe since the Second World War.

The opinion piece called for greater collaboration from Washington with China on the matter and concluded that the U.S. should “abandon its Cold War mentality and the double-standard anti-terror policy.”

The article, however, praised the re-inclusion of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement – that has been demanding independence for the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang – into its list of terrorist outfits by the U.S., a result of the recent meeting between the Chinese President and his U.S. counterpart on the sidelines of the recently-concluded G20 Summit. EFE