In quotes: Morocco blasts reaction

Governments around the world have condemned Friday's suicide attack in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, in which more than 40 people were killed.

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United States President George W Bush:

Morocco is a close friend of the United States and we offer assistance to the government of Morocco to help track down and bring to justice those responsible.

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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar:

No one can be on the margins of the fight against terrorism, and I, of course, want to renew today our commitment to the greatest determination... and the greatest co-operation and collaboration with all those who, like us, face a terrorist threat.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom:

These attacks directly linked to international terrorism. No states escapes them, and those who commit them seek to impose Islam on the entire world.

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US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz:

That they (terrorists) should choose to attack Morocco tells something about their terrible motivation.

Morocco stands out in the Arab world as a country that is making significant strides towards democracy and I think the terrorists are opposed to progress.

They want to take Arab Muslim people backward, but I do not believe that that is where the great majority of Arabs and Muslims want to go.

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French President Jacques Chirac:

Such events can only reinforce our common determination to battle without pause against international terrorism.

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Russian Foreign Ministry statement:

It is more and more obvious that the "terrorist international", al-Qaeda first and foremost, after its defeat in Afghanistan is seeking to go back on the offensive against the whole civilised world.

The signature is the same everywhere.

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German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer:

The authors and their accomplices should be found and judged before a tribunal.

This terrorist act reminds us that the international community must not relax its efforts in the fight against international terrorism.

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad:

(The blasts) are the work of criminals and apostates serving the interest of our nation's enemies.

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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad:

We have said that if you want to overcome the problem of terrorists by killing people and invading their countries, then this is the consequence you have to face.

I am urging again that the Israeli aggression against Palestine be stopped. This is what is angering many Muslims and making them vengeful.