91. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder strongly condemned the bombing, but called on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to continue peace negotiations. 92. Governments throughout the world condemned the bombings and offered help. 93. He condemned the bombing as an act of terrorism and said such incidents of violence could not be justified. 94. He refused to condemn the bombing. 95. He condemned the bombing and speculated it was carried out to discredit Islam and scare people away from a march his group was organizing on the U.S. 96. However, a senior Palestinian official said efforts to formulate a U.S.-Palestinian statement condemning suicide bombings and calling for an Israeli troop withdrawal had broken down. 97. However, Kamel Khatib, a senior figure in the Islamic movement, condemned the bombing and said Habashi did not represent the movement. 98. However, senior officials in the movement condemned the bombing and said Habashi did not represent their views. 99. In London, Prime Minister John Major challenged the IRA and Sinn Fein to condemn the bombing. 100. In Moscow, the bombing was condemned by Ruslan Khasbulatov, the former Russian parliament speaker and a native Chechen, who earlier supported the offensive against Dudayev. |