Al-Qaida threatens more attacks on London In the video Muhammad Sadiq Khan explained his reasons for becoming a suicide bomber, blaming Western governments for supporting “the bombing, gassing, imprisonment and torture of my people.” Read the full text of Muhammad Sadiq Khan’s statement at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4206800.stm Ayman al-Zawahiri used the video to implicitly claim responsibility for the July 7 th attacks, stating that the bombings were a direct response to Britain's foreign policies and its failure to accept the truce that al-Qaida offered Europe in April 2004. During the statement al-Zawahiri said: "I talk to you today about the blessed London battle which came as a slap to the face of the tyrannical, Crusader British arrogance; it’s a sip from the glass that the Muslims have been drinking from. "This blessed battle has transferred - like its glorious predecessors in New York, Washington and Madrid - the fight to the enemies' land, after many centuries of the battle being on our land and after troops have occupied our land in Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine." "We have alerted and warned you, people of Crusade allies, but it appears that you want us to make you taste death in all its horribleness. So, taste some of what we have been made to taste. al-Zawahiri went on to specifically threaten Britain: "Blair brought upon you disasters in the centre of your capital and we will bring upon you more.” [Translation: Aljazeera]
•Date: 2nd September 2005 • Region: UK • Type:
Article •Topic: Terrorism |
