New 7/7 Suicide Bomber Video Released - JNV Predicts Media Self-Censorship
Milan Rai, JNV, author of 7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War | 06.07.2006 16:37 | Analysis | Terror War
The London suicide bomber's video statement confirms that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were a major part of the motivation of the bombers. Milan Rai, author of 7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War, predicts that this will be effectively censored by the mainstream media.
Second 7/7 Suicide Bomber Video Released: Self-Censorship Predicted
The latest al-Qaeda video, broadcast on Al-Jazeera television, features a second 7/7 suicide bomber, Shehzad Tanweer. The previous video featured suspected lead bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan. Tanweer is thought to be Khan's 'right-hand man'.
Tanweer confirms that the bombings on 7 July were connected to British foreign policy - exactly as the majority of British people believed after the attacks, exactly as leaks from inside the British government confirmed in the aftermath of the atrocities, and exactly as charged in my '7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War'.
According to the Washington Post transcript of the broadcast, Tanweer says:
"What have you witnessed now is only the beginning of a string of attacks that will continue and become stronger until you pull your forces out of Afghanistan and Iraq. And until you stop your financial and military support to America and Israel."
The BBC report has Tanweer saying the non-Muslims of Britain deserve the attacks because they voted for a government which "continues to oppress our mothers, children, brothers and sisters in Palestine, Afghanistan,
Iraq and Chechnya".
It is unclear how much of this is going to survive into tomorrow's newspapers. On past form, these vital elements will be effectively censored, despite the fact that they confirm crucial facts fatal to the Government's case.
Note the importance of Afghanistan in Tanweer's statement. People sometimes ask why al-Qaeda planning continued in Spain after the withdrawal from Iraq was announced, following the 2004 election. Part of the reason may be Spain's continuing military contribution to the US-led
occupation in Afghanistan.
(A recent Daily Mail report (see last paragraph) says: 'Ministry of Defence aides say there is irritation in Downing Street that Spain and Germany, both with troops in safer parts of Afghanistan, are reluctant to divert forces to relieve the British contingent' in Helmand province.)
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The latest al-Qaeda video, broadcast on Al-Jazeera television, features a second 7/7 suicide bomber, Shehzad Tanweer. The previous video featured suspected lead bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan. Tanweer is thought to be Khan's 'right-hand man'.
Tanweer confirms that the bombings on 7 July were connected to British foreign policy - exactly as the majority of British people believed after the attacks, exactly as leaks from inside the British government confirmed in the aftermath of the atrocities, and exactly as charged in my '7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War'.
According to the Washington Post transcript of the broadcast, Tanweer says:
"What have you witnessed now is only the beginning of a string of attacks that will continue and become stronger until you pull your forces out of Afghanistan and Iraq. And until you stop your financial and military support to America and Israel."
The BBC report has Tanweer saying the non-Muslims of Britain deserve the attacks because they voted for a government which "continues to oppress our mothers, children, brothers and sisters in Palestine, Afghanistan,
Iraq and Chechnya".
It is unclear how much of this is going to survive into tomorrow's newspapers. On past form, these vital elements will be effectively censored, despite the fact that they confirm crucial facts fatal to the Government's case.
Note the importance of Afghanistan in Tanweer's statement. People sometimes ask why al-Qaeda planning continued in Spain after the withdrawal from Iraq was announced, following the 2004 election. Part of the reason may be Spain's continuing military contribution to the US-led
occupation in Afghanistan.
(A recent Daily Mail report (see last paragraph) says: 'Ministry of Defence aides say there is irritation in Downing Street that Spain and Germany, both with troops in safer parts of Afghanistan, are reluctant to divert forces to relieve the British contingent' in Helmand province.)
FOR LINKS, please go to JNV website www.j-n-v.org
Milan Rai, JNV, author of 7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War
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