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London: Defending the US-led invasion of Iraq, President George W Bush, on his first state visit to Britain, said the threat of terrorism is far from over and praised the US-Britain alliance as "very strong" and one based on values.

He also took a dig at United Nations by recollecting the failure of League of Nations to work against dictators and remembered the British victims of September 11,2001 terror attacks on the United States.

"In some cases, the measured use of force is all that protects us from a chaotic world ruled by force'', Bush told academics gathered at Whitehall Palace in an apparent Defence of US invasion to dethrone Iraq's Saddam Hussein.

"There are principled objections to the use of force in every generation and I credit the motives behind these views,'' Bush said, adding, "Those in authority are not judged only by good motivations. That duty sometimes requires the violent restraint of violent men.''

About the terror attacks on US, he said, "The hope that danger has passed is comforting, is understanding, and it is false.''

"These terrorists target the innocent and they killed by the thousands and they would, if they gain the weapons they seek, kill by the millions and not be finished. The evil is in plain sight. The danger only increases with denial.''

"More than an alliance of security and commerce, the British and American peoples have an alliance of values. And today this old and tested alliance is very strong.” he said in his keynote speech at Banqueting House in London.

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