UN General Assembly
2004

terrorism. That struggle calls for new ideas and firmer resolve to implement the existing agreements. It is important that we affirm the commitment of the Government and people of Iraq to succeed in this battle. Terrorism is a disease that is spreading throughout the world, employing misleading slogans. Terrorists have killed numerous people in the name of Islam in New York, Turkey, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bali, Madrid, Baghdad and elsewhere. They are criminals who commit their evil acts without mercy and evince only a taste for barbarism and bloodshed. Today, they have chosen Iraq as their battleground because they fear the success of the Iraqi experience and the restoration of Iraq’s stability, development and democratic institution-building. They will reap nothing but failure and total defeat. Thus, our struggle is the United Nations struggle, our victory will be its victory and our defeat will be its defeat. Indeed, the values of democracy, freedom, justice and equality for all, irrespective of gender, colour, faith or race, are common human values. There