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Bush to Iraqi Gov't: 'We Stand With You'
President Bush strongly condemned Thursday's attack on Iraq's parliament building within the heavily protected Green Zone. "My message to the Iraqi government is 'We stand with you,'" the president said. At least two lawmakers were killed and many other people were wounded in the attack in the Iraqi parliament's cafeteria, situated in the heart of the U.S.-protected zone. "I strongly condemn the action," Bush said in the Roosevelt Room after meeting with educational leaders. "It reminds us, though, that there is an enemy willing to bomb innocent people in a symbol of democracy." The president said that the Iraqi assembly represents the millions of Iraqis who voted in recent elections.
"There is a type of person that would walk in that building and kill innocent life and that is the same type of person that is willing to come and kill innocent Americans," Bush said. "And it is in our interest to help this young democracy be in a position so it can sustain itself and govern itself and defend itself against these extremists and radicals."
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Bush, who is being kept abreast of the situation in the Green Zone, planned to meet Thursday with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who both recently returned from Iraq. "Our hearts go out to those who suffered as a result of this bombing," Bush said. "My message to the Iraqi government is 'We stand with you as you take the steps necessary to not only reconcile politically, but also put a security force in place that is able to deal with these kinds of people.'"
© 2007 Associated Press.
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