US defends war on terror as Iraqis protest over occupation (picture)

[54anickel]

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200403/20/eng20040320_138041.shtml

One year after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the United States again defended its global war on terror but the Iraqis renewed the protest against the occupation of their country.

"I don't think it is the war in Iraq that was the source of instability throughout the world," US Secretary of State Colin Powell told a press conference.

He was answering a query raised by a Western journalist if the war has provoked terrorism, which could rarely be seen in Iraq before the US-led invasion but now spread around the world.

"We have seen terrorist attacks all over the world that have nothing to do with Iraq," Powell said. "They are attributable to the fact we have terrorists in the world who want to go after those nations who are trying to build a better future for their people." Powell pledged that the United States will crack down on terrorism in Iraq "as soon as possible," assuring that his top envoy in Iraq Paul Bremer and his team "have a good sense of who were responsible" for the escalated terror attacks in Iraq this year.

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[54anickel]

2. Huh?

[Art_from_Ark]

4. There should to be a "scratching my head over that comment" icon

I have no idea what "Pan Blue Cheaters" meant, either!

[ConcernedCanuk]

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[Qanisqineq]

3. Now 577 troops dead

[sweettater]

5. What?

Words absolutely, positively fail me!

[cliss]

6. Like crows sitting together on a telephone wire,

each one tries to screech louder than the other to proclaim the success of their operation. There can be no denying the unruly world is becoming more unruly by the day.

Armed with nothing but acting abilities, they face the press and interviewers. Powell tries his best to defend his administration's decisions. He knows it was the only way he would get the job & keep it: by putting into effect and justifying their plans. He wanted the job.

If you look a little closer, though, you see Powell's face looks a little haggard. His hair is thinner, and the grey is now being replaced by two wide swaths of white by his temples. His eyes have a vague, evasive look.

In particular, the photo of him recently in Iraq. Could it be that his past is finally catching up to him?

[NNN0LHI]

7. Worrying about war crimes charges can do that to people n/t