I have nothing personal I can add to the terror attacks in London that would be significant. Suffice to say that for many people this matches the level of abhorrence reached during The World Trade Center attacks and Spain’s bombing. England has now had it’s own 9/11. It would be pointless to go into descriptions of haw many died and/or were injured. I cannot speculate as to the precise individuals responsible either. At this point all I can do is present the Middle East countries that have denounced this act.
Saudi Arabia states that all Arab countries need to step up against terror:
Riyadh "reiterates that ... the international community must step up efforts to combat the terrorism scourge, which now threatens our security and the security of all our peoples," the source said.
Yemen expresses full solidarity with England:
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Baker al-Kurbi stressed that the "Yemeni government and people denounce such acts which target innocent civilians.""The Yemeni people express full solidarity with the British people and the government approves any measures to be taken by our British friends in squashing terrorism," he added.
United Arab Emirates makes a condemnation:
In the United Arab Emirates, Deputy Prime Minister Sheik Hamdan bin Zayed al-Nahyan said, "the UAE condemns strongly such ugly crimes and declares its full solidarity with the British government."
Syria and Lebanon made statements against the attacks:
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called the attacks as "despicable" while Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said his country "shares Britain's pain."
The Lebanese president went on to say:
"Terrorism is an evil that opposes human values and principles. Lebanon, which was the victim of violence for many years, shares the sufferings of the British people," Lahoud said in a statement.
Israel has offered trauma assistance:
The Israel Psychotrauma Center of Jerusalem's Herzog Hospital immediately offered the British assistance in helping trauma victims of the terror attacks.A team headed by psychologist Dr. Danny Brom went to New York after the Twin Tower terror attacks, Turkey after their earthquakes, Beslan in the former Soviet Union after the terror attack on a school and Southeast Asia in the wake of the deadly tsunami.
Palestine's many factions condemned the bombings:
joined an unbroken chorus of condemnation, as did the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Lebanon's Shi'ite Muslim Hizbollah guerrillas.
Hamas condemned this??
Article comments
1 - theSliver
It isn't the UK's version of 9/11, its just another set of bombings. Over dramatising and over reacting is precisely the aim of the bombers.
There are prayers being said in mosques throughout the UK for the victims, the Islamic Council of GB has called on anyone that has information to give it to the police.
2 - Nancy
I'm glad to hear that the governments, at least, are condemning this. I won't believe the imams/religious leaders have until I read/hear it, though. Especially the radicals - and they're the ones who count. Hamas & China do surprise me.
3 - td
Half these countries still allow the extreme preachings of Islam that lead to terrorism.
And despite what the countries may say about cracking down on terrorism, they can't just turn off the switch on an ideology that is shared among millions of Muslims.
It's like telling american's that nobody is allowed to believe in Aliens anymore. How do you implement that? You can't just shut down all the conventions and the 'Space' channel and expect people to stop believing.
And it's not going to end anytime soon. Extreme Islamic Terrorism will only begin to decrease once Islamic states begin adopting and accepting western capitalism and democracy. Only once generations of Muslims grow up in Islamic democracies will they uniformly reject ideologies that contradict western ideals.
However, most of these countries will not change their political system until they are forced to do so under economic pressure. Why should Saudi Arabia change if everybody if wealthy? What is the incentive.
So until the oil runs out or the west replaces Oil with another energy source, the middle-east will continue to allow the extreme ideology that fuels terrorism. And no matter how many stopgaps the US tries to plug in the dam, they cannot use military might to defeat a movement that only requires a few dozen people and a couple million dollars to execute the the 7-8 attacks per decade necessary to perpetuate support for their cause.
And before I get called a 'defeatist' again, I state for the record that I am all for the 'war' against terrorism. I just don't agree with the way in which the war is being fought.
4 - Steve
i don't agree with the War on Terror either it's been a failure in my opinion so far. Nice to hear support from those countries wouldn't have expected a few in there to say that. gives a slight sense of global solidarity, perhaps co-operation as well.