Bremer argued the deaths "marginally improve the safety (of U.S. troops in Iraq)

WASHINGTON, July 23 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – The United States and Britain hailed the killing of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Qusay, arguing it would better serve Iraqis and the future of their country.

While U.S. President George Bush welcomed "this as positive news for the Iraqi people" his war ally British Prime Minister Tony Blair said it marks "a great day for the new Iraq."

Bush believes "this is further reassurance to the Iraqi people that the regime is gone and will not be back," said White House  spokesman Scott McClellan.

"Over the period of many years, these two individuals were responsible for countless atrocities committed against the Iraqi people and they can no longer cast a shadow of hate on Iraq," he said in a statement.

The spokesman added that the U.S. "military forces and our intelligence community, working with an Iraqi citizen, deserve credit for today's successful action.

"While there is still much work to do in Iraq, the Iraqi people can see progress each day toward a better and more prosperous future for their country."

Not Coming Back

Echoing the same rejoice, U.S. Civil Administrator of Iraq Paul Bremer said: "It's a great day for the Iraqi people and a great day for the American military, who once again showed their astounding professionalism in this operation.

"A lot of the attacks are being based on the idea that somehow Saddam is coming back, well they're not coming back and now two of them are dead and it won't be long until we get the father".

Bremer is currently in Washington to brief members of Congress and the U.S. administration about the reconstruction efforts in Iraq, as critics continued to point to the rising death toll among U.S. troops and slower than expected progress in restoring normalcy there.

"I had a chance to talk to the Senate today about the progress which we've been making in Iraq ... over the past couple of months in providing a sense of security and providing basic services," he said.

Bremer told ABC News the deaths "marginally improve the safety (of U.S. troops in Iraq), although we could see attacks in the next few days as revenge.

His comments came as two U.S. soldiers were killed in separate attacks in Baghdad and Mosul.

U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said "anything that removes uncertainty about the course of progress in Iraq is positive, and (the deaths) certainly removes some uncertainty...One more vestige...of the Saddam regime is gone."

Great Day

"This is a great day for the new Iraq," said Blair, on a visit to Hong Kong

Rejoicing the death of Saddam’s son as "a great day for the new Iraq", Blair said "these two particular people were at the head of a regime that wasn't just a security threat because of its weapons programs; it was also responsible -- as we can see from the mass graves -- for the torture and killing of thousands and thousands of Iraqis."

He stressed "what is so important is that people understand that if we want to be able to make the progress that we want to make in Iraq, that's going to increase the stability of that country and the region, and therefore the security of the whole of the world.

"So I think it's a very, very important move forward, and I think it's great news."

Psychopaths

"I am not rejoicing. I mourn the death of anybody, but it has to be said that it is a very great relief for all Iraqis," Straw

In London, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Wednesday, July 23, that Saddam Hussein's two sons Uday and Qusay were "extremely unpleasant psychopaths".

The pair were responsible "in the latter decades of Saddam's rule (for) authorizing and supervising the reign of terror," Straw told BBC radio.

He added that U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan had estimated at least 290,000 Iraqis had "disappeared" over the last three decades.

"Saddam was the man principally responsible for that," Straw said.

"But Uday and Qusay appear to have been extremely unpleasant psychopaths who actually killed quite a number of people with their own hands."

The foreign secretary added: "I am not rejoicing. I mourn the death of anybody, but it has to be said that it is a very great relief for all Iraqis."

The two men were killed on Tuesday in a massive U.S. military assault on a house in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, according to the U.S. Army, which said their bodies were positively identified by multiple sources.