TOP UN ENVOY IN IRAQ STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD

TOP UN ENVOY IN IRAQ STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD
New York, Apr 12 2007 10:00AM
The senior United Nations envoy to <"http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=50&Body=iraq&Body1=">Iraq today strongly <"http://www.uniraq.org/get_article.asp?Language=EN&ArticleID=321">condemned today's attacks in Baghdad on the Al-Sarrafiya Bridge and at the Iraqi Parliament, calling on the country's authorities to apprehend those behind the acts and bring them to justice.

The bombings "constituted attacks on the symbols of Iraq's proud history and hope for its future," the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Iraq Ashraf Qazi said in a statement.

Calling today's acts "criminal," he said that they "demonstrated the horrors of wanton violence and the need for enhanced dialogue and national reconciliation."

Mr. Qazi expressed his deep condolences for the families of those killed, and said that he hopes for the speedy recovery of those wounded.
2007-04-12 00:00:00.000

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