Haroon Rashid Aswat, a suspect in the London bombings, is in a British prison after having been extradited from Zambia. Authorities assert that he met with Osama bin Laden at a training camp in Afghanistan. He may also face extradition… Read more7-7 connections in Zambia, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Oregon?
A top Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive wanted by the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia for atrocities during the 1992-95 Bosnia war was arrested in Argentina Aug. 8. Milan Lukic, who went underground after the war ended, is being… Read moreBosnia war crimes fugitive arrested in Argentina
In his Aug. 4 video-communique, al-Qaeda bigshot Ayman al-Zawahiri claimed that the 7-7 bombings were payback for British participation in the United States’ “policy of aggression against Muslims.” While not directly taking credit for the London bombings, he promised more… Read moreAl-Zawahiri: It’s Iraq, stupid!
More arrests in the London attacks—this time of Somali immigrants in Birmingham. From Saudi Arabia’s English-language Arab News, July 28: In a dramatic breakthrough yesterday, Scotland Yard confirmed they have arrested 24 -year-old Yasin Hassan Omar, one of the four… Read moreMore anomalies in London attacks; paranoia in NYC
A Muslim-owned store in a Leeds suburb was set ablaze the night of July 22 in what police called a racially motivated attack. No one was injured in the fire, which destroyed a convenience store in the suburb of Harehills…. Read moreRevenge attacks in England
Another attempted multiple simultaneous bombing on the London transit system, which fortunately seems to have failed–but not without sparking another death on the Underground, this time at the hands of the police. (Remember when London “bobbies” famously didn’t carry guns?)… Read moreMore death in London, fear in New York
Terror returns to London July 21st 2005 From The Economist Global Agenda Exactly two weeks after the deadly bombings of London’s transport system on July 7th, Britain’s capital has been hit by a fresh wave of attacks—though with few casualties… Read moreMore London blasts
UK Gay Leaders Receive Death Threats From Muslim Fundamentalists Group Says by Malcolm Thornberry 365Gay.com European Bureau Chief Posted: July 18, 2005 8:00 pm ET (London) A British LGBT civil rights group says its leaders have received death threats from… Read moreMuslim fundamentalists threaten UK gays
We’ve been waiting for London’s famously leftist Mayor Ken Livingstone to state the obvious about the bombings. Finally, he has. Blair, meanwhile, remains in denial, at least officially. We wonder: is he really this deluded, or just sticking to a… Read moreKen Livingstone: Yes, it’s Iraq
A report in today’s Newsday tells of a meeting at London’s Finsbury Park mosque, where prominent Muslim leaders signed a statement condemning the 7-7 attacks, under a banner reading “A New Beginning.” But there was also a sign at the… Read moreTolerance tested in UK
Egyptian Prosecutor General Maher Abdel-Wahed has indicated that Egyptian biochemist Magdy El-Nashar, arrested in Cairo over suspected involvement in the London bombings, will not be extradited even if he was charged. He said that the country’s constitution bans the extradition… Read moreEgypt won’t extradite 7-7 suspect
There are twin moral and intellectual traps most commentators are falling into vis-a-vis the London bombings. The first is the terrifyingly myopic and widespread consensus which is emerging that the attack “wasn’t about Iraq.” The increasingly predictable Christopher Hitchens writes… Read moreThe London bombings: context vs. apologia
