Bush Blames Attacks in Iraq on Terrorists

World | October 28, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
Bush Blames Attacks in Iraq on Terrorists US President Bush said that terrorists are to be blamed for the rash of attacks in Iraq. Despite two days of audacious, deadly attacks, he claimed that the US is making progress in Iraq. Photo by AP

US President Bush blamed both loyalists to Saddam Hussein and foreign terrorists for the recent rash of devastating attacks in and around Baghdad. Basically what they're trying to do is cause people to run," he told at a Rose Garden news conference Tuesday. "That's what terrorists do." Bush said the United States was working closely with Syria and Iran to prevent foreign fighters from entering Iraq and was stepping up border patrols. Speaking nearly six months after he declared major combat operations to have ended in the war- torn country, Bush denied that he was surprised at the continuing level of violence.

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