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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- The top U.N. envoy for Iraq Tuesday warned lack of security was blocking efforts to rebuild the country.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative for Iraq Ashraf Qazi also warned violence threatens preparations for the January elections.
"The tragic human dimension of the current situation in Iraq was brought home to all of us today, with almost 50 people losing their lives in yet another bombing," Qazi told the Security Council of the blast at a crowded market near Baghdad police headquarters.
"It is a sign of the resurgence of the vicious cycle of violence that is halting the process of rebuilding the country," he said. "Improving the security situation is a collective responsibility that we all share."
Ambassador John Danforth of the United States later told reporters: "It's terrible violence and it's indicative of a situation in which those who are opposed to democracy and a stable, independent and viable Iraq are trying to step up the attacks prior to the elections to interfere with the election. It's not something that's unexpected except that the extent of it is, of course, very severe."
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