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11-07-05, 15:46
Iraqis blame US, UK for London blast
Baghdad, July 11 - People in Baghdad, enduring yet another day of bloodshed of their own, condemned last week's London bombings but said U.S. and British policy was to blame.
"I don't justify the attacks in London. but I believe it's a reaction against U.S.-British policy towards our countries in the third world," said Mawel Ahmed, 38, a computer salesman, as he made his way to work in the capital on Sunday.
Television footage of Britons grieving their losses prompted fellow feeling among Iraqis.
Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, offered condolences and solidarity in the fight against "terrorism". But people on the streets of Baghdad also urged the United States and Britain, who together invaded Iraq two years ago, to look at the causes of the v iolence.
"The British government must be held responsible for the attack against its people," said Salman al-Qudsi, a supermarket owner.
"The British alliance with the United States was the reason that this happened. I condemn terrorism in all its guises. What happened to the British people is terrorism. The question is who began this terrorism and who encouraged it?"
Baghdad, July 11 - People in Baghdad, enduring yet another day of bloodshed of their own, condemned last week's London bombings but said U.S. and British policy was to blame.
"I don't justify the attacks in London. but I believe it's a reaction against U.S.-British policy towards our countries in the third world," said Mawel Ahmed, 38, a computer salesman, as he made his way to work in the capital on Sunday.
Television footage of Britons grieving their losses prompted fellow feeling among Iraqis.
Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, offered condolences and solidarity in the fight against "terrorism". But people on the streets of Baghdad also urged the United States and Britain, who together invaded Iraq two years ago, to look at the causes of the v iolence.
"The British government must be held responsible for the attack against its people," said Salman al-Qudsi, a supermarket owner.
"The British alliance with the United States was the reason that this happened. I condemn terrorism in all its guises. What happened to the British people is terrorism. The question is who began this terrorism and who encouraged it?"