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Stockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 05:12 PM
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Official: Iraq war led to July bombings (London)
The first official recognition that the Iraq war motivated the four London suicide bombers has been made by the government in a major report into the 7 July attacks.

Despite attempts by Downing Street to play down suggestions that the conflict has made Britain a target for terrorists, the Home Office inquiry into the deadliest terror attack on British soil has conceded that the bombers were inspired by UK foreign policy, principally the decision to invade Iraq.

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Initial drafts of the government's account into the bombings, which have been revealed to The Observer, state that Iraq was a key 'contributory factor'. The references to Britain's involvement in Iraq are contained in a section examining what inspired the 'radicalisation' of the four British suicide bombers, Sidique Khan, Hasib Hussain, Shehzad Tanweer and Germaine Lindsay.

The findings will prove highly embarrassing to Tony Blair, who has maintained that the decision to go to war against Iraq would make Britain safer. On the third anniversary of the conflict last month, the Prime Minister defended Britain's involvement in Iraq, arguing that only an interventionist stance could confront terrorism.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1745085,00.html


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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-02-06 05:13 PM
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1. Whew! Another rocket scientist. How will we manage?
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