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"Religion Of Peace"

"Religion Of Peace"

Author: Kirsty Wark
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Date: August 4, 2005

Four weeks, and two weeks, on from the terrorist bombs in London, there's reckoned to be 6,000 police officers on the streets and heavy surveillance.

So far all is calm, but in a broadcast either perfectly timed or coincidental,

Al Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al -Zawahri, has threatened more destruction in London.

Speaking on the pan-Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera, Osama Bin Laden's second in command blamed Tony Blair for the July 7th bombings, and threaten ed the US with tens of thousands of military dead, if it does not withdraw it's troops from Iraq.

Al-Zawahri was speaking with a Kalashnikov propped up by his side and appealed to the nations of what he called "the crusader alliance," saying, "we have offered you a truce if you leave the land of Islam." With that repeat of Bin Laden's talk of a truce - would it be possible, or ever acceptable to negotiate with Al Qaeda - and how much is Al Qaeda really in control of the extremists anyway?

An al-Qaeda warning

Ayman al-Zawahri, one of the most senior figures in the al-Qaeda 'movement' and described as Osama bin Laden's lieutenant, has warned Britain and US to expect more attacks unless they get their troops out of Iraq and all other Moslem countries. We have heard such warnings before, and one curious note is the reminder it serves that on this point, British intelligence services do draw such a link between US/British foreign policy and the violent attacks carried out by extreme Islamists both on military targets but also the mass murder of civilians. So do senior Tories, Ken Livingstone (who today called for British troops to be pulled out of Iraq) and the Foreign Secretary who has said that the UK is part of the security problem in Iraq. It's just the defiant Tony Blair is one of the few who doesn't.

The police however, have difficulties nearer home with yet another leak of major information about the London bombings from the USA. This comes from a briefing in New York to security and business figures - and casts light on the nature of the bombs and their manner of detonation. However, the police here say it's not helpful for US officers to say that the July 7 explosive was home-made. So tonight: what more do we now know? And how come the Americans keep telling their public more than our own police tell us?
 


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