Israeli killing of Palestinians radicalises UK Muslims
February 2, 2009 by SAF Desk
Britain’s security and counter-terrorism minister acknowledges link between foreign policy, security threats.
Britain’s security and counter-terrorism minister, Lord Alan West, warned Tuesday that the conflict in Gaza has set back the government’s attempts to tackle radicalism in Muslim communities here.
“There is no doubt that when you see these pictures coming back, that in the mind of people making hate, there is a linkage between the US, Israel and the UK. Without a doubt it will have set us back,” he said.
West also dismissed the refusal by former prime minister Tony Blair to acknowledge the link between foreign policy and security threats.
“We never used to accept that our foreign policy ever had any effect on terrorism. Well, that was clearly bollocks,” he said, according to widespread and concurring reports.
“They [the Blair administration] were very unwilling to have any debate about how our foreign policy impacted on radicalisation.”
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