A different reaction from others in Iraq:
From MSNBC:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/868002.asp?0dm=C24CN
No official government statement was released, but Bushra al-Samarai, a member of the Iraqi National Assembly said Iraqis sent their condolences to the American public.
"We are people who love other people, al-Samarai said. We respect [American] feelings and share their sadness over this tragic incident."
National Assembly speaker Gen. Ghalib Jassim also voiced sympathy for the space shuttle tragedy, but with a reminder that Iraq feels under siege from the same stricken America.
"We are friends for the American people, said Jassim, a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo. We don't have anything against the American people as people. The problem is between us and the American administration."
