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July 7, 2006

Video: 2 London bombers al-Qaida trained (AP)

AP - Two of the four suicide bombers who attacked London a year ago had spent time at an al-Qaida camp to prepare themselves for a suicide attack, the deputy leader of al-Qaida claimed in new video excerpts released Friday.


London bomber outlines motives in video (AP)

AP - One of the four suicide bombers who attacked London a year ago appeared on an Internet video Friday accusing his country of declaring war on Islam and oppressing Muslims in Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya.

London commuters take usual journey (AP)

AP - Commuters stood shoulder-to-shoulder in packed subway cars and buses on Friday, clutching newspapers that offered an unspoken reminder of the carnage inflicted on London's transit system a year ago.

Further details revealed of London bomber video (AFP)

AFP - More details emerged from a video featuring one of the four suicide bombers who attacked London last year as bereaved families and survivors marked the first anniversary of the atrocity.


Britain pauses to remember London bombings (AP)

AP - Britain fell silent Friday on the first anniversary of the suicide bombing assault on London's transit system — a stunning strike that killed 52 commuters and wounded more than 700 in the capital's deadliest attack since World War II.


London police warn of more bombings (Reuters)

Reuters - Britain marked the first anniversary of the London suicide bombings with flowers, candles and a 2-minute silence on Friday as the city's police chief said another attack now looked more likely.


Day of tributes one year on from London bombings (AFP)

AFP - Britain solemnly remembered the 52 people who died and hundreds more who were injured when four suicide bombers blew themselves up on London's public transport system exactly a year earlier.


Britain marks year anniversary of bombings (AP)

AP - London Mayor Ken Livingstone laid a wreath outside the city's Kings Cross rail station Friday to commemorate the moment a year ago when the first suicide bombers in western Europe killed 52 people along with themselves in coordinated attacks on the transit system.


London bombers remarkable for being unremarkable (AFP)

AFP - The four British Muslims who carried out the London bombings a year ago remain to this day remarkable for being, in many ways, unremarkable.


One year on, London police warn of more bombings (Reuters)

Reuters - As Britain marked the first anniversary of the London suicide bombings on Friday, the city's chief police officer said the threat of another attack had grown.


Commuters pause to remember London bombing (AFP)

AFP - Thousands of commuters paused on their way to work to remember the London suicide bombings that killed 52 people exactly one year ago.


Threat has 'palpably increased' since London bombings: Met Police chief (AFP)

AFP - The threat of more terrorist attacks on British soil has "palpably increased" since the London bombings a year ago, according to the Metropolitan Police commissioner.


A year after bombings, London still on alert (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor - Ben McCarthy didn't usually ride the subway. But he'd left his motorbike at work the night before, so on he went.


Britain marks London bombs, police chief warns threat 'palpably increased' (AFP)

AFP - Britain will fall silent to remember the 52 people who died and hundreds more who were injured when four suicide bombers blew themselves up in London exactly a year ago, as the city's police chief warned the threat of more attacks had "palpably increased."


Foreigners still in Pakistan madrassas a year after 7/7 (AFP)

AFP - Pakistan's madrassas still host hundreds of foreign students one year after the London bombings sparked a major crackdown, but the pupils insist they are not being schooled in jihad.


July 6, 2006

London suicide bomber video emerges on eve of anniversary (AFP)

AFP - A videotaped message from the grave by one of the London suicide bombers was broadcast on British television, a day ahead of the first anniversary of the deadly attacks that killed 56 people.


London suicide bomber video emerges on eve of anniversary (AFP)

AFP - A videotaped message from the grave by one of the London suicide bombers was broadcast on British television, a day ahead of the first anniversary of the deadly attacks that killed 56 people.


Uneasy Britons mark bombings anniversary (Reuters)

Reuters - Britain will mark the first anniversary of the London bombings on Friday with solemnity but many Britons still fear Islamist militants, having attacked them once, might do so again.


A year later, life in London mostly normal (AP)

AP - London's sweaty subway cars are as jam-packed as ever this summer and red double-decker buses still roll through the capital crowded with commuters and photo-snapping tourists.


Leeds tired of reminders of London attacks (AP)

AP - One year after the London transit bombings, residents of the troubled community that produced the suicide attackers are tired of saying they're sorry — and of being the pilgrimage point for those seeking answers about the blasts.




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