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
A contributor to the TPMCafe blog offers an interesting commentary on the 7-7 attacks: Muslim Civil War – Second Front By thibaud Overlooked by most media outlets (but not by London bloggers) in the Edgware Road and Aldgate bombings is… Read more“Muslim civil war” behind London bombings?
The first apparent example of what Christopher Hitchens called “bloody foolishness” that he hoped Britons would be too civilized for following the London attacks. From Pakistan’s Daily Times, July 15: Pakistani shot dead LONDON: Pakistani national Kamal Raza Butt was… Read moreRevenge killing in London?
From today’s AP: Police are investigating whether four attackers died in last week’s London subway and bus bombings and have arrested one suspect after a series of raids Tuesday in Leeds, a northern city with a strong Muslim community. At… Read moreBritish army raids Leeds Pakistani community
Amazing — it took a full 24 hours before the ultra-Zionist media found a way to implicate the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in the Brit bombings: Explosives Used by Terrorists in London and Tel Aviv Identical 18:16 Jul 11, ’05… Read moreWhen in doubt, blame the ISM
