Letters
Iraq and 7th July
10 October 2005
Dear Sir
To see these bombings (7/7) in their true historical context, one must start some 12 years ago. In 1993, al Qaida tried to destroy the World Trade Centre, seven years before Bush became President. Then came the bombings of embassies in Dar-es-Salaam and Nairobi, as well as the attacks in Saudi Arabia in 1995 and 1996. Two years later, suicide bombers blew a 40 foot hole in the destroyer USS Cole. The most devastating assault, 9/11, happened before the assault on Iraq. Lest we forget, al-Qaida seeks to ignite a holy war between themselves and believers in secular democracy. Iraq may have been a perilous adventure but without it Britain and its allies would still face a protracted threat from Islamic extremism. The sooner we realize this, the better.
Yours sincerely
Jeremy Havardi
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