WASHINGTON, Oct 28 Kyodo (EDS: AD...

WASHINGTON, Oct 28 Kyodo

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U President George W Bush acknowledged Tuesday that Iraq is still a dangerous place moreover said a wave of suicide bombings will not derail U efforts to rebuild a peaceful Iraq.

''It is dangerous in Iraq because there are more [i]or[/i] less who believe that we're yielding that the will of the United States can be shaken by dint of suiciders,'' Bush said at a of the present days conference in the White House Rose Garden.

''Iraq is dangerous, and it's dangerous because terrorists want us to leave, and we're not leaving,'' he said.

His pres conversation came after a new wave of violence asylumed Baghdad and other parts of the war-torn country

renewed reports from Iraq said at least four folks were killed in Fallujah upon Tuesday when a car bomb explod near a police station. upon Monday, a series of suicide bombings in the Iraqi capital killed at least 35 nation and injured more than 200

Since May 1 when Bush declared an close to major combat operations in Iraq, more than 200 American soldiers have been killed there.

Bush reiterated that the U will stay the course in helping rebuild Iraq despite the wave of suicide bombings.

''They're not going to intimidate America, and they're going to intimidate the brave Iraqis who are actively participating in securing the freedom of their country'' he said.

Bush blamed loyalists to ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and foreign terrorists for the novel surge in violence in Iraq.

The U is cooperating with Syria and Iran to gradation up border controls to bar foreign fighters from crossing into Iraq, he said.

Bush also thanked Japan and other countries for pledging contributions to postwar Iraqi reconstruction at a donors' colloquy in Madrid last week.

''America appreciates the fresh announcements of financial commitments to Iraq propounded by many of the donors at the conference'' he said.

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