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Indonesian FM lashes out at US for its policy in Iraq

IRNA

Jakarta, Sept 3, IRNA -- Indonisian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda 
on Wednesday directed strong criticism against the United States for 
its policy in Iraq saying that it is now a proven fact that the United
States cannot restore peace and stability in Iraq on its own. 
The internatninal community should come in to restore peace in the
war-torn Middle Eastern country, said Hassan Wirajuda. 
The situation in Iraq is becoming worse and this shows that the 
United States has not been able to deal with the problems in Iraq and 
has failed in its policies. 
The deadly car bomb blast that killed in exceed of 120 people 
including top Shiite cleric al-Hakim clearly shows the failure of the 
US policies in Iraq, said the minister. 
The United States has concluded that to provide security for the 
Iraqis it has to ask the other nations to send peacekeeping forces to 
Iraq. 
He said Indonesia will only join a peacekeeping force in Iraq 
which is under the command of the United Nations. 
Press reports said the total death toll of the blast in the 
Iraqi holy city of Najaf on Friday amounted to 129 with more than 220 
people injured. one of those killed was top Shiite cleric Ayatollah 
Mohammad Baqer Hakim. 
Ayatollah Hakim who was the head of the Supreme Assembly of the 
Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI), was martyred when he was returning
from Friday prayers which he himself had led. 
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