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Britain Rejects Video Claim it Oppresses Muslims
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Chilling video of London bombing suspect Mohammed Sidique Khan said
British public was ultimately responsible for wave of blasts in London
because they had backed a government that 'was attacking Muslims'





The British government has reacted sharply to the video in which one
of the suspected London bombers accused democracies of "perpetuating
attrocities" against Muslims.

 







This is a document originally provided to the Karachi Daily News by
the Pakistan immigration department which it says shows Mohammad
Sidique Khan, one of the four London suicide bomber suspectsThe
chilling video of the eldest July 7 London bombing suspect Mohammed
Sidique Khan, 30, explained his rationale for the attack.  In the clip
shown Thursday on the Arabic satellite station, al-Jazeera, Mr. Khan
said the British public was ultimately responsible for the wave of
blasts in London because they had backed a government that he asserted
was attacking Muslims.

 

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw at a European Union foreign
ministers' meeting in Newport, Wales Friday, rejected that contention
outright and condemned all forms of terrorism.

 

"There is no excuse, no justification for terrorism of any kind, and
it happens," said Mr. Straw.  "But those who entirely wrongly claim to
speak in the name of Islam are mainly killing their fellow Muslims."

 

Mr. Straw says British security services are assessing the contents of
the video.  The tape contained a separate message by al-Qaida's second
in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

 

Intelligence analysts said security officials will be examining the
video for any clues that might suggest it is some sort of a trigger
designed to activate sleeper cells elsewhere.

 

The blasts on three London subway trains and a bus on July 7 claimed
52 victims.   

 






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