By Kim Sengupta
05 August 2005
Al-Qa'ida has warned that Britain can expect more terrorist attacks because of the foreign policies pursued by Tony Blair.
Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's deputy, insisted that the London suicide bombings were the direct result of the Prime Minister's decision to join the US-led invasion of Iraq. The statement, in a videotape broadcast by the Arab satellite channel al-Jazeera, was the first message from al-Qa'ida since the London blasts.
It came on a day that London had braced itself for more possible bombings, with 6,000 police patrolling the streets and transport system. The first person to be charged over the bombings, Ishmael Abdurahman, also appeared in court in London.
Zawahiri, speaking with a Kalashnikov next to him, said: "Blair's policies brought you destruction in central London and will bring you more destruction, God willing." He went on to promise attacks on Americans " that will make you forget the horrors you have seen in Vietnam".
Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's deputy, insisted that the London suicide bombings were the direct result of the Prime Minister's decision to join the US-led invasion of Iraq. The statement, in a videotape broadcast by the Arab satellite channel al-Jazeera, was the first message from al-Qa'ida since the London blasts.
It came on a day that London had braced itself for more possible bombings, with 6,000 police patrolling the streets and transport system. The first person to be charged over the bombings, Ishmael Abdurahman, also appeared in court in London.
Zawahiri, speaking with a Kalashnikov next to him, said: "Blair's policies brought you destruction in central London and will bring you more destruction, God willing." He went on to promise attacks on Americans " that will make you forget the horrors you have seen in Vietnam".
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