NEWS RELEASES

February 22, 2004 (2:30 p.m. EST) No. 26

GRAHAM CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK IN JERUSALEM

Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham today issued the following statement concerning the deadly bombing in Jerusalem:

"Canada strongly condemns this morning's cowardly terrorist attack in downtown
Jerusalem that has been claimed by the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. Canadians join
me in expressing our condolences to the families of the victims."

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