Iran Says Baghdad Mosque Raid "Savage Act of Terrorism"
Posted on: Monday, 27 March 2006, 12:00 CST
Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website
Tehran, 27 March: Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi on Monday [27 March] expressed outrage at ruthless mass killing of worshippers at Mustafa Mosque in Baghdad and termed it as savage act of terrorism.
Asefi said that the reports indicated involvement of US forces in the heinous crime which resulted in the killing of 20 worshippers at the Baghdad mosque.
He called on the international community and human rights organizations to bring those responsible for the mass killing of worshippers to justice.
"US wrong policies in Iraq never helped restore peace and stability in that country and instead caused escalation of tension and crisis there," Asefi said.
Iraqi media said that US forces invaded Mustafa mosque in Baghdad, opening fire on worshippers in which 20 died instantly.
Iraqi premier's spokesman Abd al-Razzaq al-Kazemi said that Iraqi government has formed a committee to hold inquiry into the mass killing of worshippers by US forces.
Source: BBC Monitoring Middle East
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