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Blair condemns `brutal and wicked` attacks in Iraq
London, Oct 29: Prime Minister Tony Blair today condemned as ``brutal and wicked`` a wave of attacks in Iraq that has killed dozens of people in recent days.
London, Oct 29: Prime Minister Tony Blair today
condemned as ``brutal and wicked'' a wave of attacks in Iraq
that has killed dozens of people in recent days.
"These attacks are the work of evil people who do
not wish to see a stable and prosperous Iraq,'' Blair told
the house of commons. "We shall continue to do everything we
can to thwart them and reconstruct the country.''
On Monday, a team of suicide car bombers devastated the red cross headquarters in Baghdad and three police stations, killing some three dozen people and wounding more than 200.
Yesterday, four people died after a car bomb exploded near a police station in the city of Fallujah, and a British soldier was slightly wounded in southern Iraq when an explosive device detonated as his patrol was passing by.
On Sunday, a US Lieutenant Colonel was killed when rockets struck the Al-Rasheed hotel in Baghdad. US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying in the hotel, which is home to many American military and civilian employees, but was unhurt.
US President George W Bush said yesterday the united states will change tactics and stiffen defenses in Iraq and will not be intimidated by the suicide bombers.
Blaming the increase in bloodshed on foreign terrorists and Saddam Hussein loyalists, bush said more troops would be deployed along Iraq's borders.
Britain's special representative in Iraq, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, has said foreign terrorists could be entering Iraq from Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Bureau Report
On Monday, a team of suicide car bombers devastated the red cross headquarters in Baghdad and three police stations, killing some three dozen people and wounding more than 200.
Yesterday, four people died after a car bomb exploded near a police station in the city of Fallujah, and a British soldier was slightly wounded in southern Iraq when an explosive device detonated as his patrol was passing by.
On Sunday, a US Lieutenant Colonel was killed when rockets struck the Al-Rasheed hotel in Baghdad. US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying in the hotel, which is home to many American military and civilian employees, but was unhurt.
US President George W Bush said yesterday the united states will change tactics and stiffen defenses in Iraq and will not be intimidated by the suicide bombers.
Blaming the increase in bloodshed on foreign terrorists and Saddam Hussein loyalists, bush said more troops would be deployed along Iraq's borders.
Britain's special representative in Iraq, Sir Jeremy Greenstock, has said foreign terrorists could be entering Iraq from Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Bureau Report