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India among 84 countries to recognise threat of terror: Bush
Washington, Mar 20: Maintaining that 84 countries, including India, have recognised the threat of terrorism and were determined to fight it, US President George W Bush said that many coalition partners have lost their nationals, including soldiers, in Iraq and Afghanistan while upholding the cause they served.
Washington, Mar 20: Maintaining that 84 countries, including India, have recognised the threat of terrorism and were determined to fight it, US President George W Bush said that many coalition partners have lost their nationals, including soldiers, in Iraq and Afghanistan while upholding the cause they served.
Bush was addressing an audience in the White House which included diplomats from 84 countries, including Indian Ambassador Lalit Mansingh, on the significance of Operation Iraq Freedom for the war against Iraq, and Operation Enduring Freedom to defeat the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
"Many coalition countries have sacrificed in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Among the fallen soldiers and civilians are sons and daughters of Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, the UK and the US.
"We honour their courage, we pray for the comfort of their families. We will uphold the cause they served," he said.
The 84 countries represented at the gathering, Bush said, are united against a common danger, and joined in a common purpose. Bureau Report
"Many coalition countries have sacrificed in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Among the fallen soldiers and civilians are sons and daughters of Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, the UK and the US.
"We honour their courage, we pray for the comfort of their families. We will uphold the cause they served," he said.
The 84 countries represented at the gathering, Bush said, are united against a common danger, and joined in a common purpose. Bureau Report