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| Britain |
| Tories demand public inquiry over 7/7 bombings |
| 2006-04-10 |
| The Government is facing renewed calls for an independent inquiry into the July 7 London bombings. Conservatives said an independent probe was vital to avoid "another Government whitewash". The demand came after reports that the official inquiry into the attacks will say they were planned on a shoestring budget and did not have any direct support from al Qaida. According to the Observer, the Home Office report, being complied by a senior civil servant, will say the atrocities were not the work of an international terror network as originally suspected. Rather they were carried out by four men who had scoured terror sites on the internet. Tory homeland security spokesman Patrick Mercer said the lack of a link with al Qaida was difficult to believe. "The leak suggests that the Government's narrative on the July attacks is going to make no connection with international terrorism and al Qaida," he said. "I find that very hard to believe. A narrative from the Government is going to come from the same sources that provided us with the dodgy dossier over Iraq. This is why it is so important that we have an independent inquiry and not just another Government whitewash." The Government has repeatedly rejected demands for a public inquiry into the attacks. Instead it will publish a definitive account of what happened in a written narrative. Tony Blair has said a public inquiry is not necessary. There are numerous inquiries by MPs' committees. And the Prime Minister has said it was already know "essentially" what happened. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #1 they were carried out by four men who had scoured terror sites on the internet Caused by four men who visited Pakistan and returned radicalised and hell-bent on murder. Mmmm.. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2006-04-10 05:12 |