As this fairly comprehensive account from The Australian makes clear, the notion that the London attacks were carried out by a heretofore unheard-of “Secret Organization of the Jihad of al-Qaeda in Europe” originates from reports on the websites of Germany’s… Read moreWho was behind London attacks?
Collected by Mazin Qumsiyeh: http://www.masnet.org/takeaction.asp?id=2594 http://mpac.org/home_article_display.aspx?ITEM=790 http://icna.org/pr_london_attacks.htm http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050707/dcth034.html?.v=19 http://isna.net/index.php?id=35&backPID=1&tt_news=220 See our last post on the attacks.
Jul. 7, 2005 22:59 | Updated Jul. 8, 2005 1:08 Arab world shocked at London attacks By ORLY HALPERN Some in the Arab world expressed shock at the bombings in a city for which many felt great affection and which… Read moreArab world shocked, condemns attacks
Militant Cleric Says Attack on London ‘Inevitable‘ Sun Apr 18, 2004 04:33 PM ET LISBON (Reuters) – Several Islamic militant groups are preparing attacks on London, making such a strike unavoidable, a radical Muslim cleric said in an interview published… Read moreBrit Sheik warned of attack 1 year ago
Al-Qaeda takes reponsibilty, threatens Denmark, Italy if troops not removed from Iraq. Four London Blasts Kill 40, Injure 300 Thursday July 7, 2005 3:01 PM By JANE WARDELL Associated Press Writer LONDON (AP) – Three blasts rocked the London subway… Read moreAt least 40 dead in London blasts
Edinburgh’s constabulary mixed it up with anarchists at the G8 summit protests in Edinburgh yesterday, resulting in about 100 arrests and 20 injured (including two police) in six hours of street clashes. Stay tuned for more fun, as environmentalist protesters… Read moreViolence in Edinburgh
Has anyone noticed the unsubtle political jockeying over which country gets to host the new fusion energy research facility offically known as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)? It finally went to France, over the predictable objections of Washington. Writes… Read moreFrench nuclear threat: invisible menace
OK, is it the Serbs or Albanians who are behind this one? From the AP, July 2: PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro — At least three blasts rocked the centre of Kosovo’s capital late Saturday and one targeted the UN mission headquarters. At… Read moreBlasts in Kosovo
Some 225,000 came out for the Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh July 2, on the eve of the G8 summit about to open at the Gleneagles resort outside the city, as Live8 concerts echoing the demand for action against… Read more200,000 march in Edinburgh
The Basque separatist group ETA called for the start of a peace process in a letter published June 17. “It is essential to open a democratic process without limits and involving everyone. ETA is totally prepared to become involved in… Read moreSpain rebuffs ETA on talks
A Pakistani man and two Frenchmen of Pakistani origin, who were at first suspected of helping would-be shoe-bomber Richard Reid, were instead found guilty of links to the Jammu and Kashmir separatist group Lashkar-e-Taiba June 16. The Paris court sentenced… Read moreFrance: al-Qaeda cell convicted?
Police arrested 11 men June 15 on charges of belonging to a Syrian-based group that recruits suicide bombers to attack U.S. troops in Iraq. Authorities said the recruiting network has ties to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. More than 500 heavily-armed police… Read moreSpain: al-Qaeda cell busted?
