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08/08/2003
US calls for 'global unity' in fight against terror
Recent terrorist bombings of a major hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, and at the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad underline the need for nations to unite to fight global terrorism, according to the US Secretary of State.
Terrorist acts conducted around the globe serve as a reminder that "the civilized world must come together to defeat this scourge of terrorism in whatever manner it manifests itself", Colin Powell told a press conference.
The car bombing at Jakarta's Marriott Hotel has killed 15 people and wounded about 150. Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian terror group with links to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organisation, are believed to have been responsible for the attack.
The same group masterminded last year's nightclub bombing in Bali in which 202 people died.
The US, Mr Powell said, regretted "the injuries to Jordanian personnel" caused by the bombing as well as the loss of life of Iraqi citizens who were "just out in the street going about their business when this terrorist act took place".
M Powell said that "a great deal of progress" has been made lately against global terrorism, including recent successes in Saudi Arabia where dozens of terrorist suspects have been arrested and several arms caches have been seized.
"We'll certainly not be defeated and we're ever more determined to go after them wherever they are until this scourge is dealt with," he vowed.
However, the Secretary of State said that Saddam loyalists and other insurgents in Iraq were "determined to deny the Iraqis their desire for peace and a better life and for a new country".
Mr Powell also had words for the governments of Syria and Iran, which he called upon to do more to prevent terrorist organisations that operate within their borders "from planning and mounting attacks to torpedo the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and from orchestrating other acts of violence and dissent across other areas of the Middle East".
(GmcG)
Terrorist acts conducted around the globe serve as a reminder that "the civilized world must come together to defeat this scourge of terrorism in whatever manner it manifests itself", Colin Powell told a press conference.
The car bombing at Jakarta's Marriott Hotel has killed 15 people and wounded about 150. Jemaah Islamiyah, a Southeast Asian terror group with links to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organisation, are believed to have been responsible for the attack.
The same group masterminded last year's nightclub bombing in Bali in which 202 people died.
The US, Mr Powell said, regretted "the injuries to Jordanian personnel" caused by the bombing as well as the loss of life of Iraqi citizens who were "just out in the street going about their business when this terrorist act took place".
M Powell said that "a great deal of progress" has been made lately against global terrorism, including recent successes in Saudi Arabia where dozens of terrorist suspects have been arrested and several arms caches have been seized.
"We'll certainly not be defeated and we're ever more determined to go after them wherever they are until this scourge is dealt with," he vowed.
However, the Secretary of State said that Saddam loyalists and other insurgents in Iraq were "determined to deny the Iraqis their desire for peace and a better life and for a new country".
Mr Powell also had words for the governments of Syria and Iran, which he called upon to do more to prevent terrorist organisations that operate within their borders "from planning and mounting attacks to torpedo the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and from orchestrating other acts of violence and dissent across other areas of the Middle East".
(GmcG)
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