London, April 24, SPA -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair Tuesday vowed tocontinue the "global fight against terror in Iraq, Afghanistan oranywhere else" but conceded that his view was "not popular, " reported dpa. Speaking in a BBC interview, the British leader also said it was"wrong" for large parts of the western world to be blaming USPresident George W Bush for terrorism. "This is a very deep-rooted problem right round the world...if wedon't fight it it's going to come after us," said Blair. He rejected the notion that terrorism in Iraq could have beenfuelled by the US-led invasion, saying that "outside terroristslinking up with internal extremists" were responsible. "It's difficult because you have external elements - al-Qaeda upnear Baghdad, and Iranian-backed elements down in Basra - who aredeliberately creating the problem," he said. However, Blair also conceded that, on account of the Iraq war, hemight have become an "issue" with regard to the Labour Party'schances in local and regional elections in Britain next week. "Look, you're always an issue when you're the Prime Minister," hesaid, as polls predict a battering for Labour, not least over theIraq war. Blair is set to mark his 10th anniversary in power early nextmonth, and is widely expected to announce a date for hismuch-heralded departure from office soon afterwards. An opinion poll published Tuesday in the Independent newspapershowed that support for Labour has dropped to its lowest level since1983. According to the poll by Communicate Research, Labour has thesupport of 27 per cent of the electorate, down four points on asurvey by the same institute a month ago. It is the lowest poll rating for the Labour Party since 1983, whenthe party won 27 per cent of the vote at a general election under theleadership of Michael Foot. dpa at ds--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/443903