Ahmed al-Sahaf, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated in a blurb, "the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Bulgaria is closely monitoring the incident of the death of two Iraqis on the
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...en route to European countries through illegal means."
Al-Sahaf added, "the embassy has received a plea from the victims' families and has dispatched a consul to the location of the incident in the Bulgarian city of Burgas to coordinate with the border police, investigate the circumstances of the incident, and facilitate the repatriation process to Iraq."