| Description |
[xii], 196 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 2 Tony Blair Lied 15 -- 3 Disbelief 21 -- 4 Mohammad Sidique Khan 25 -- 5 Shehzad Tanweer 31 -- Disconnection and Reconnection 36 -- 6 Abdullah Jamal 37 -- 7 Hasib Hussain 45 -- 8 Self-Brainwashing 51 -- 9 Islam Is Not To Blame 59 -- 10 Living Islam 69 -- 11 In The Name Of God 77 -- 12 9/11 Reverts 81 -- 13 Riot 85 -- 14 The Mullah Crew 95 -- 15 Umma 103 -- 16 Jihad 109 -- 17 Fundamentalism 115 -- 18 Through The Bombers' Eyes 125 -- 19 Revolutionary Suicide 133 -- 20 Timing 143 -- 21 Iraq 145 -- 22 How To Stop The Bombers 153 |
| Summary |
"On the anniversary of the July 7, 2005, London subway/bus bombings popularly known as "7/7," peace activist Rai (War Plan Iraq) explores why four young, modestly successful U.K.-born Muslims would massacre fellow citizens by becoming suicide bombers. And did Iraq despite official rejection of a causal link have anything to do with it? Rai grounds his meticulous analysis in newspaper accounts, sociological research, the literature on brainwashing, survivors' accounts and the video confession of lead bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan. With sober, conscientious detail, he argues that the men's callous violence and moral delusion were rooted less in al-Qaeda brainwashing than in disaffection and "humiliation" felt for the suffering of Muslim people worldwide at the hands of Western powers or their proxies, particularly in Iraq |
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This, Rai argues, is central to the proper explanation for their actions, which Blair's administration has resisted, at least publicly. Pointing to leaked internal documents, however, Rai asserts that the British government actually believes that U.S./U.K. aggression in Iraq has increased the threat of domestic terrorism. Though Rai's openly anti-imperialist bias leads predictably to a call for withdrawal from Iraq and paying reparations, he marshals a persuasive amount of grassroots, expert and government opinion spanning the political spectrum in making his case." (July) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information |
| Analysis |
Bombings, Political |
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Causes |
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Great Britain |
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Iraq War |
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Islamic fundamentalism |
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London |
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Overseas item |
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Social conditions |
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Statistics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Bombing investigation -- England -- London.
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Bombings -- England -- London.
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Bombings -- Great Britain.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Islam and politics -- Great Britain.
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London Terrorist Bombings, London, England, 2005.
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Political violence -- England -- London.
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Muslims -- Great Britain.
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Terrorism -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
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Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Terrorism -- England -- London.
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Terrorism -- Great Britain.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056684
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Great Britain -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056868 -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478
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| LC no. |
2006445315 |
| ISBN |
0745325637 (paperback) |
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0745325645 (hbk.) |
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