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 Toni Bler opisao je ovaj događaj kao «veoma važan trenutak u Iraku», opisujući to kao «udarac Al Kaidi u Iraku i samim tim udarac Al Kaidi svuda u svetu».