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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 193 

Expressing sympathy for the people of the United Kingdom in the aftermath 

of the deadly terrorist attacks on London on July 7, 2005. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 11, 2005 

Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. REID, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. 

ALEXANDER, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BAYH, Mr. 

BENNETT, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BOND, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BROWNBACK, 

Mr. BUNNING, Mr. BURNS, Mr. BURR, Mr. BYRD, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. 

CARPER, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. COBURN, 

Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. COLEMAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. CORNYN, 

Mr. CORZINE, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. 

DEWINE, Mr. DODD, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. 

DURBIN, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 

GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GREGG, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. 

HATCH, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. 

JEFFORDS, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KOHL, Mr. 

KYL, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

LIEBERMAN, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. LOTT, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MCCAIN, 

Mr. MCCONNELL, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. 

NELSON of Florida, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. PRYOR, 

Mr. REED, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. 

SANTORUM, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHELBY, 

Mr. SMITH, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SPECTER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. STEVENS, 

Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. TALENT, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. THUNE, Mr. VITTER, Mr. 

VOINOVICH, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing sympathy for the people of the United Kingdom 

in the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attacks on London on July 7, 2005. 
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Whereas the United States and a broad international coalition have been engaged in a Global War on Terrorism 

since the terrorist attacks in Washington, D.C., New 

York, and Pennsylvania that occurred on September 11, 

2001; 

Whereas the people and Governments of the United States 

and the United Kingdom enjoy a deep and enduring 

friendship undergirded by shared history, language, and 

values; 

Whereas the United Kingdom has been a strong and steadfast ally to the United States through two World Wars, 

the Cold War, the Gulf War, and the Global War on Terrorism, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; 

Whereas terrorists have planned and conducted attacks 

around the world during the four years after the Global 

War on Terrorism began in 2001, most notably the 

bombing of a night club on the Indonesian island of Bali 

on October 12, 2002 that killed 202 people and injured 

an additional 209, the bombings of two synagogues and 

the British Embassy in Istanbul, Turkey in November 

2003, in which 56 people were killed and over 450 injured, and the bombing of the train system in Madrid, 

Spain on March 11, 2004 that killed more than 190 people and injured approximately 1,500; 

Whereas on July 7, 2005, a series of four explosions struck 

the London public transportation system during the 

morning rush hour, killing at least 49 innocent civilians 

and injuring approximately 700 others; 

Whereas a previously unknown terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attacks in the name of al Qaeda; 
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Whereas the terrorist attacks in London coincided with the 

opening of the G-8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, a 

Summit committed to bringing help and hope to the 

poorest countries of the world; 

Whereas President Bush immediately condemned the terrorist attacks and extended the ‘‘heartfelt condolences’’ of 

the people of the United States to the people of the 

United Kingdom; 

Whereas Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed, on behalf of the 

United Kingdom and the world leaders attending the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, to remain steadfast 

and strong in the fight against terrorism, stating, ‘‘All of 

our countries have suffered from the impact of terrorism. 

Those responsible have no respect for human life. We are 

united in our resolve to confront and defeat this terrorism that is not an attack on one nation, but all nations and on civilized people everywhere. . . . It’s important . . . that those engaged in terrorism realize that our 

determination to defend our values and our way of life 

is greater than their determination to cause death and 

destruction to innocent people in a desire to impose extremism on the world’’, and declared, ‘‘We shall prevail, 

and [the terrorists] shall not’’; 

Whereas the North Atlantic Council, the governing body of 

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, after meeting in 

an extraordinary session, reaffirmed the determination of 

the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

to combat the scourge of terrorism and defend the values 

of freedom, tolerance, and democracy using all available 

means; 

Whereas world leaders attending the G-8 Summit in 

Gleneagles, Scotland expressed condolences to the people 
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of the United Kingdom and issued a joint statement to 

‘‘condemn utterly these barbaric attacks’’; and 

Whereas Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking on behalf of 

the world leaders attending the G-8 Summit in 

Gleneagles, Scotland, declared, ‘‘We are united in the resolve’’ to defeat terrorism, which is ‘‘not an attack on one 

nation, but on all nations’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) expresses deepest sympathies and condo3 lences to the people of the United Kingdom and the 

4 victims and their families for the heinous terrorist 

5 attacks that occurred in London on July 7, 2005; 

6 (2) condemns these barbaric and unwarranted 

7 attacks on the innocent people of London; 

8 (3) expresses strong and continued solidarity 

9 with the people of the United Kingdom and pledges 

10 to remain shoulder-to-shoulder with the people of the 

11 United Kingdom to bring the terrorists responsible 

12 for these brutal attacks to justice; and 

13 (4) calls upon the international community to 

14 renew and strengthen efforts to— 

15 (A) defeat terrorists by dismantling ter16 rorist networks and exposing the violent and ni17 hilistic ideology of terrorism; 

18 (B) increase international cooperation to 

19 advance personal and religious freedoms, ethnic 
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1 and racial tolerance, political liberty and plu2 ralism, and economic prosperity; and 

3 (C) combat the social injustice, oppression, 

4 poverty, and extremism that breeds terrorism. 

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