Tag: London Terror Attack

NOVANEWS By Jonathan Cook Counter Punch One has to wonder why terrorists like those who struck on Saturday night in London, and earlier in Manchester, launched their attacks now. It is difficult not to infer that their violence was timed to influence the UK election this coming Thursday. Those behind the attack – whether those carrying it out or those dispatching the terrorists – want to have an effect. Terrorism is the use of indiscriminate violence for political ends. It has a logic, even if it is one we mostly do not care to understand. So what do these terrorists hope to achieve? Based on prior experience, they will assume that by striking now they can increase fear and anger among the British population – intensifying anti-Muslim rhetoric, justifying harsher “security” res...

NOVANEWS by JOHN WIGHT Photo by Bryce Edwards | CC BY 2.0 It is time for an honest conversation about Wahhabism, specifically the part this Saudi-sponsored ideology plays in radicalizing young Muslims both across the Arab and Muslim world and in the West, where in the UK people are dealing with the aftermath of yet another terrorist attack in which innocent civilians were butchered and injured, this time in London. The US, British and French governments can no longer credibly claim to be serious about fighting terrorism or religious extremism while cosying up to what is a medieval kleptocracy in Riyadh. Just days prior to the attack in London it was reported that a UK government inquiry into the role of Saudi money in funding terrorism is likely to be shelved, due to the sensitive nat...

NOVANEWS A police raid in Birmingham is linked to the London terrorist act, UK media reported Thursday. A raid in the UK city of Birmingham is linked to the terrorist act on London's Westminster Bridge that led to five deaths on Wednesday, UK media reported Thursday. "A police raid overnight in Birmingham is linked to the London terror attack," the Sky broadcaster said, citing sources, on its Twitter account. ​Local media reported earlier that the vehicle used in the attack, registered in the city of Chelmsford in Essex county, may have been rented out of Birmingham. Moreover, arrests have been made in a police raid in the UK city of Birmingham linked to the terrorist act on London's Westminster Bridge where five were killed and dozens injured on Wednesday, national media rep...