London Suicide Bomber video brodcast day before anniversary
 

7/7 suicide bomber's message broadcast

A video message from July 7 suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer has been broadcast on Arab satellite channel al-Jazeera on the eve of the first anniversary of the atrocity.

Tanweer, speaking with a Yorkshire accent, is seen in the video wearing a Muslim headscarf and jabbing his finger at the camera.

In an apparent message to the British Government, Tanweer vows that the attacks will continue until troops are pulled out of Iraq and Afghanistan and "you stop your support" for America and Israel.

He says: "What have you witnessed now is only the beginning of a string of attacks that will continue and become stronger until you pull your forces out of Afghanistan and Iraq and until you stop your financial and military support to America and Israel."

Tanweer then refers to the non-Muslims of Britain and says that because they voted for a government which "continues to oppress our mothers, children, brothers and sisters in Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya", then they deserve such actions.

The video also features a statement from Ayman al Zawahri, al-Qaeda's second in command, again suggesting a strong link between the bombers and Osama bin Laden's terror network.

Scotland Yard is "aware" of Shehzad Tanweer's suicide video and said the timing of its release "can only cause maximum hurt and distress" to the bereaved families.

Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman, head of Specialist Operations, said today: "We are aware of the tape and this will form part of our investigation.

"There can be no doubt that the release of the video at this time can only cause maximum hurt and distress to the families and friends of those who died on 7/7 and the hundreds of people who were injured in the terrorist attacks.

"We are sure that the overwhelming majority of all communities are united in condemning any attempt to justify last year's terrorist attacks in London.

"We would like to reassure the public that police are doing all they can to ensure their safety.

"It is important that people continue to go about their daily lives as normal, to do otherwise would mean the terrorist has won."

The only other video testament from any of the four bombers to emerge before today had been from ringleader Mohammad Sidique Khan.

Tanweer is considered by investigators to have been his right-hand man.

Speculation about the existence of a video testament from Tanweer stretched as far back to last September, when Khan's video was first broadcast.

Detectives believe Khan's video could well have been filmed abroad, possibly during his trips to Pakistan, and reports last year suggested Tanweer could have filmed a message at around the same time.

The video is likely to be subject to intensive visual scrutiny and painstaking forensic analysis in the hope it could yield vital clues.

However, the timing of its release is likely to anger relatives of the victims and survivors, still struggling to come to terms with the trauma of the blasts.

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Damn, crazy fool.

Scare tactic. See how long we can strike fear in a nation from one attack. Though that one attack did consist of a few.

London is a lot harder to break than that. Still a bit crap though.

owwwwwwww. london is a tough city. On saturday the 1st i was there and everyone was saying how much the tube has lost numbers. well when i was on it, it was the busiest i had ever seen it. spose it was a saturday though

The bus that blew up blew up at the bus stop I used to get my bus back to Charing Cross station from every day when I worked in Tavistock Square.

that is scary and stupid