President of the European Commission Romano Prodi on Saturday condemned the attack on a Spanish convoy in Iraq, which left seven Spanish secret service agents dead.  

In a statement, he said, "I am shocked to have to mourn once again new casualties in Iraq, for a terrorist attack against a Spanish convoy. I want to express my sincere condolences to the families of the victims, to the people of Spain and to the Spanish government."

Prodi said that this month was the bloodiest since the end of the Iraq war and Spain paid its death toll for trying to contribute to stabilizing Iraq and help civilians get back to normal life.

Meanwhile, he stressed that this attack would not weaken the determination of the international community to help to establish a free and democratic government in Iraq.

(Xinhua News Agency December 1, 2003)