Annan Urges Sustained Campaign Against Global Terrorism

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Annan Urges Sustained Campaign Against Global Terrorism

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday condemned Friday's bomb attacks in the Moroccan tourist city of Casablanca and called for sustained campaign against international terrorism.

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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday condemned Friday's bomb attacks in the Moroccan tourist city of Casablanca and called for sustained campaign against international terrorism.

In a statement, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said Annan "utterly condemns" the attacks, which left at least 40 people dead and more than 60 injured.

The UN chief sent his heartfelt condolences to the government and people of Morocco and to the families of all the dead and injured, Eckhard said.

"The secretary-general especially condemns the deliberate targeting of civilians," he said. "The callous fanaticism and intolerance of these acts is repugnant to all religions and to thegreat majority of humanity."

Annan "considers that the recent wave of terrorist outrages, coupled with fresh warnings of further attacks being planned, underlines the need for the international community to give its full attention to the need for a broad-based and sustained campaign against international terrorism," Eckhard said.

Last Monday, a truck bombing in Russia's Chechen Republic and astring of suicide attacks in the Saudi capital of Riyadh killed more than 60 people and injured hundreds of others.

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