7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War

by Milan Rai

This is the book Tony Blair doesn't want you to read about 7/7. In February 2003, Tony Blair was warned by British intelligence that the invasion of Iraq would 'heighten' the risk of terrorism in Britain. In July 2005, al-Qaeda struck in the heart of London. Despite the British Government's increasingly desperate attempts at denial, polls show that an overwhelming majority of people in Britain are convinced that there is a connection between the London...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745325637
• ISBN13: 9780745325637
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

why British Muslim terrorists?

The London bombings of 2005 are scarcely a year old. And the surviving bombers have yet to come to trial. But this book tries to investigate the events and the surrounding political and social fabrics that influenced events. We see a recap of how the dead bombers were identified, and the surviving bombers captured. There are bios of both groups. Raising the unsettling question of how disaffection amongst some British Muslims could lead to acts of terror. Was it brainwashing by other radicals? One chapter asserts that it might have been a self-radicalisation. Other chapters look at the level of integration of Muslims in Britain. Where this involves issues also of national origin as well as religion. The book necessarily ends on an unfinished note. Not least because the bombers' trials are in the future. But also because of the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan, that are claimed by some to be open wounds on British society.