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UK shouldn't blame others for bombings: Akram
2005-07-18
Kind of along the lines of "U.S. shouldn't blame others for bombings: Tojo"
The Britain should not accuse other countries of influencing the London suicide bombers, a Pakistani diplomat said on Sunday. Munir Akram, Islamabad's ambassador to the United Nations, told the BBC Programme 'The World This Weekend' that Britain had to look at its own problems to understand the root causes of terror.
That makes sense, given that one of Britain's problems is a large number of Muslim imports in the habit jumping up and down and rolling their eyes and trying to build explosives when they're not...
He said that a particular concern was integrating Muslims into mainstream UK life. He said Pakistan had its own problems with militants, which it was trying to tackle. Britain is now a "breeding ground for terrorists too", has its own radical preachers and now "home-grown suicide bombers", the diplomat said. He rejected reports that Shehzad Tanweer had been turned into a terrorist during a visit earlier this year to a religious school in Lahore.
He's right. More likely he joined up in Leeds and went for basic training at Muridke...
He said if the 22-year-old from Leeds who killed seven people or any of his accomplices had visited, they had not been there long enough to be turned. Rather, it was the years spent in Britain that transformed them into UK's first suicide bombers, he said.
Posted by:Fred

#11  Heh, so true. ;-)
Posted by: .Goodfella   2005-07-18 17:37  

#10  "You learned the two greatest thing in life, never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut."
Posted by: True German Ally   2005-07-18 17:17  

#9  You talking to me? Are you talking to me?
Posted by: .de Niro   2005-07-18 17:14  

#8  sarkasm off for trolls...
Posted by: True German Ally   2005-07-18 17:07  

#7   for trolls...
Posted by: True German Ally   2005-07-18 17:06  

#6  Muslims instead would never never blame others for their failures... like the Jews for example.

Those that didn't show up for work on 9/11, were "warned" on 7/7...
Posted by: True German Ally   2005-07-18 17:05  

#5  Muzzy First™

It's the real root cause.™
Posted by: .com   2005-07-18 13:53  

#4  He said that a particular concern was integrating Muslims into mainstream UK life.

I agree. We can start with, oh, I don't know, actually considering yourselves British subjects? Then perhaps, assimilating into western culture? Perhaps even respecting the laws of the legal government?
Posted by: Jackal   2005-07-18 09:40  

#3  It doesn't help that Pakistan arms, trains and harbors the kindred scum of the London boomers. Role models abound in Pakistan. What of Kashmir Munir? What of the tribal area scum breeders? What about the ISI's darling taliban? What of the culture and special version of the religion that thrives in Pakistan? Those factors went a long way in setting the stage and providing the impetus for the boomers in London. The idea of murderous sociopathic jihad feeds on the religiously inspired hatred that Pakistan, among our other "friends", have in the past, fostered, and now at the very least, tolerate to a certain degree because of the government's weakness and fear or complicity. Sure the London boomers were homegrown but the ideas that led them to mass murder were foreign to the UK though not a Pakistan and it's government.
Posted by: MunkarKat   2005-07-18 08:45  

#2  ouch - truth hurts. But it doesn't help that they are training in Pak and Afghanistan.

But in the end the British Authorities are clearly to blame. At least one of these kids "vacationed" in Pakistan and Afghanistan and went to the Drewsbury (sp?) mosque, known for its radicalism. It would have been excusable that they missed him prior to 911 - but today? That this guy ended up a bomber was not rocket science.
Posted by: 2b   2005-07-18 07:50  

#1  The Britain should not accuse other countries of influencing the London suicide bombers ....

I actually sort of agree with him. The sooner they get around to blaming the actual source, Islam, the sooner they can make serious strides.

He said that a particular concern was integrating Muslims into mainstream UK life.

Otherwise it'll be difficult for the jihadis to operate effectively.
Posted by: AzCat   2005-07-18 00:13  

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