Outrage As Livingstone Tries to 'Explain' Suicide Bombers

The ScotsmanJuly 21, 2005

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KEN Livingstone, the mayor of London, yesterday stunned even his political opponents by claiming the terrorist attacks on the city a fortnight ago were motivated by British foreign policy in the Middle East.

Shattering the political truce that had emerged since the four bomb attacks, Mr Livingstone said resentment was being fuelled as a result of the treatment of detainees by United States troops at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He went so far as to suggest the English public would themselves resort to suicide bombings if placed under certain circumstances.

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Outrage As Livingstone Tries to 'Explain' Suicide Bombers

While his remarks were condemned by politicians and diplomats, they echoed private criticism among Tony Blair's enemies on Labour's back-benches.

When asked what he thought had motivated the four suicide bombers who struck in Lon...

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