The Mauritanian interior minister blamed a terrorist sleeper cell for the killings.

On Wednesday, the prime minister blamed the center-left government that preceded him for Alitalia's problems.

Meanwhile, every minister with a budget to protect is blaming failings in their area of government, in the hope of getting more money for their department.

In the aftermath of the August riots, the prime minister, David Cameron, blamed gangs for the violence.

Swiss federal ministers also blamed the banks for failing to do more, and kicked in $280 million to help Swissair remain aloft over the next few weeks.

Some ministers blamed the army for allowing settlers intent on destroying peace talks with the Arabs to get away, literally, with murder.

Bad ministers blame their civil servants.

Many ministers blamed ministers such as Liu Hua for promoting the baojia system and thus allowing this disaster to occur.

The country's prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has blamed foreign speculators for the crisis, pointing to their withdrawal of capital.

It was reported that the prime minister blamed Hamza for the violence on Haifa Street, and said he was not doing enough to stop it.