MANAMA, SEPT. 29, (BNA) IRAQI EMBASSY IN BAHRAIN HOSTED A CEREMONY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MARTYRS OF THE BLOODY WEDNESDAY.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CEREMONY, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDERSECRETARY ABDULLAH ABDULLATIF ABDULLAH, IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO BAHRAIN GHASSAN MOHSIN HUSSAIN GAVE A SPEECH ON BEHALF OF IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER HOSHYAR ZEBARI IN WHICH HE RECALLED THE CRIME WHICH TARGETED THE IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTRY AND SURROUNDING BUILDINGS ONE MONTH AGO. THE POWERFUL EXPLOSION IN BAGHDAD, WHICH KILLED 43 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED HUNDREDS, WAS ANOTHER CHALLENGE TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE, HE SAID. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IRAQI AMBASSADOR EXTENDED HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS TO HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA ON THE WEDDING OF HIS SON SHAIKH NASSER BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA WISHING THE KINGDOM CONTINUOUS HAPPINESS UNDER HIS WISE LEADERSHIP. HE ALSO EXPRESSED DEEP-FELT THANKS AND RESPECT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING, THE PRIME MINISTER AND CROWN PRINCE FOR BAHRAIN'S SUPPORT TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AOQ 29-SEP-2009 21:50