British Prime Minister Tony Blair described the development as "a very important moment in Iraq",describing it as "a strike against al-Qaeda in Iraq and therefore a strike against al-Qaeda everywhere".
Britanski premijer Tony Blair opisao je ovaj događaj kao "vrlo važan trenutak u Iraku", opisujući ga kao "udarac al-Qaedi u Iraku i samim tim udarac al-Qaedi svagdje u svijetu".