Sunday, July 31, 2005
Tube Bombings Directly Linked to Iraq War: Terrorist
I am too hungover to clearly articulate anything to say about this article other than it is interesting.
Jax
The failed July 21 bombings in London were inspired by the Iraq war and deadly attacks of two weeks earlier, a suspect in the later bombings has told Italian authorities, according to Italian media reports. . . Italian media reports Sunday said the suspect told authorities the failed bombings were not because of religion, but because of Britain's role in the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The attacks were also inspired by the transit system bombings on July 7, which left 52 people plus the four bombers dead and hundreds wounded, the suspect is reported to have said. . .
Authorities believe Said was the would-be bomber on the double-decker bus; he was arrested Friday in west London at a flat.
"More than pray, we used to discuss work, politics, the war in Iraq. Muktar always had new films on the war in Iraq," Osman is reported to have told prosecutors, according to La Repubblica newspaper. "He used to show us specially those where women and children were being killed and exterminated by British and American soldiers, and also of widows, mothers and daughters that cry. We never had contacts with the Bin Laden organization. We know that it exists. We have access to its programs via the Internet, but nothing direct." (Link)
Jax
The failed July 21 bombings in London were inspired by the Iraq war and deadly attacks of two weeks earlier, a suspect in the later bombings has told Italian authorities, according to Italian media reports. . . Italian media reports Sunday said the suspect told authorities the failed bombings were not because of religion, but because of Britain's role in the U.S.-led war in Iraq. The attacks were also inspired by the transit system bombings on July 7, which left 52 people plus the four bombers dead and hundreds wounded, the suspect is reported to have said. . .
Authorities believe Said was the would-be bomber on the double-decker bus; he was arrested Friday in west London at a flat.
"More than pray, we used to discuss work, politics, the war in Iraq. Muktar always had new films on the war in Iraq," Osman is reported to have told prosecutors, according to La Repubblica newspaper. "He used to show us specially those where women and children were being killed and exterminated by British and American soldiers, and also of widows, mothers and daughters that cry. We never had contacts with the Bin Laden organization. We know that it exists. We have access to its programs via the Internet, but nothing direct." (Link)
