Iraqi Leader Blames Radical Muslims for UN Attack

(Reuters/MSNBC) - Jalal Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and a leading member of Iraq's Governing Council, on Thursday ruled out supporters of Saddam Hussein as responsible for Tuesday's suicide truck bombing, saying it was more likely the work of extremist Muslims from Saudi Arabia, members of al Qaeda, and other militant groups that were gathering in Iraq, coming across the country's southern and western borders.


2003-08-21 00:00:00

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