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Blasts draw all-round criticism
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NewsByte on 14 May, 2008 02:51:49
 
By OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi, May 14: The world has responded with shock and alarm at the loss of
innocent lives in the Jaipur serial blasts of Tuesday evening. Condemnations
have poured in from several countries, including the US, UK, France, Canada,
Israel and Iran.
In New Delhi, US ambassador to India David Mulford on Wednesday called on
foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon with a condolence message. The envoy offered
assistance to India in the aftermath of the terrorist attack. The state
department spokesman said that the US expresses its deepest sympathies to the
government and the people.
British foreign minister David Miliband said: "Today’s bombings in Jaipur
have shown again the horrific destruction which terrorism brings. My thoughts
are with the families of the victims and with those injured. There can never be
any justification for acts of indiscriminate violence such as these and I
utterly condemn those who have perpetrated today’s attacks." France expressed
its indignation and repulsion at the blasts. Canada’s foreign affairs minister
Maxime Bernier condemned the bombings. "These terrorist bombings... are a
deplorable act of violence against innocent civilians," he said.
Israel has said it is incumbent on the civilised international community to act
in a concerted and unified manner to stamp out the scourge of terror whenever it
rears its head. Iran has conveyed its sorrow at the terrorist attack in Jaipur.
"Our hearts go out to the government and the people of India, and to the
families of the victims of the blasts," the Iranian embassy here said.