ROME, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini on Tuesday condemned the bomb blasts that happened earlier in Baghdad killing at least 127 people and wounding some 448 others.

    In a message to his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari, Frattini called the attacks "barbaric acts" aimed at undermining the Iraqi government's efforts to consolidate institutions and promote stability and democracy.

    Italy's support for the Iraqi government will "never waver," the foreign minister said.