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"Terrorism is terrorism"

John Moody, Fox News:

Iraq’s prime minister Friday asked Americans to be patient and, for the first time, acknowledged a clear connection between the Iraqi insurgency and the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.

"Terrorism is terrorism," said Ibrahim al-Jaafari (search) in an interview with FOX News.

"You cannot separate it by region, or divide it into different parts of the world. Defeating terrorism now will benefit all democracies. Failing to defeat it will put all democracies in peril. It will come back to America as it did on Sept. 11."

Al-Jafaari spoke in the Jordanian capital, Amman, after a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II (search), less than a week after Iraqis approved the country’s new constitution. Nationwide elections are set for Dec. 15.

Al-Jaafari said he recognized there was growing unease in the United States about the war in Iraq, which has claimed 2,000 U.S. military dead since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein (search) in 2003.

"It’s understandable that the American people want their children back home," the prime minister said. "But I think and I hope that they understand that the presence of American troops on Iraqi soil is not just for the benefit of Iraq (search). What the Americans faced on Sept. 11 in New York and Washington, they are now facing in Iraq. There is only one enemy – terrorism – whether it takes place here or America, or London or anywhere in the world."

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Al-Jaafari undercut his argument by failing to condemn Iran's President who embraced the destruction of Israel through terrorism. The Shia who have been the victims of religious bigotry still embrace it when it comes to Israel.