Bremer: 'Be Patient' With Iraq Recovery Effort

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We are after all here to, having liberated the Iraqi people, to try to help them get back on their feet after 30 years of dictatorship," he said, "and these kinds of attacks certainly don't serve either our interests or the interests of the Iraqi people."

"Look, it's important to take this all into a little bit of perspective," Bremer said. "Look at what we've accomplished in the last 12 weeks. A successful war, few casualties, almost no collateral damage."

"Regrettable as these attacks are, and it certainly is important for us to stop them, the fact of the matter is, we're on a program here," he said. "We're not going to be deterred by a few fanatics."

Many predictions made by critics of the war effort have not panned out, Bremer said, noting particularly the absence of any refugee crisis or oil refinery fires.