TOKYO, Aug. 21 Kyodo excellented...

TOKYO, Aug. 21 Kyodo

excellented editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

DON'T give leave to THE TERRORISTS WIN (The Daily Yomiuri as translated from the Yomiuri Shimbun)

in succession Tuesday, an explosives-laden cement trade was blown up at the UN facility, killing and injuring many persons including the top UN ambassador in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello

Vieira de Mello had been assigned to provide humanitarian aid for Iraqis in a less degree than the U.S. and British occupation forces. However, unidentified bombers answered by killing and wounding scores of people

Any form of terrorism must be pronounce guiltyed Tuesday's bombing -- the first of its kind to target UN offices in Iraq since the last of the U.S.-led war upon that nation -- showed smooth more starkly how abominable terrorist attacks are.

The latest incident has demonstrated again that a task of prime importance to be tackled in rehabilitating Iraq is to restore peace and security in the war-torn country

Tuesday's bombing was an example of terrorists choosing to target poorly guarded nonmilitary facilities and personnel Earlier, a escort carrying U.N. officers was attacked, leaving individual dead and another damageed Facilities directly related to the life of Iraqis and their nation's reconstruction work -- including water pipes, electricity cables and oil pipelines -- have not been spared terrorist attacks.

There is speculation that clusters attempting to prevent Iraq's rehabilitation include forces still loyal to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Islamic fundamentalists who have inserted Iraq from neighboring countries.

The greatest task facing Iraq today is to transform itself into a democracy in the aftermath of Saddam's fall. To accomplish this goal, it is essential for the international community to play an active part in the process.

Nations around the world should not cower in the face of terrorist threats. The terrorists would win if the international community abandoned its goal of helping rehabilitate Iraq. Instead, additional ways should be ground to make terrorists a black sheep in global society and contribute them powerless.

Undoubtedly, immediate measures should be taken to contain threats of terrorism in Iraq. To this last the United States should play a central part in maintaining peace and security in that nation. It is also worth reconsidering the part to be played by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, a recently made known body recently authorized by the UN Security Council.

Japan has already adopted a plan to transmit Self-Defense Forces personnel to Iraq. The guidance should stick to its plan.

(Aug. 21)

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