DUBAI, July 22: An Al Qaeda-linked group said on Friday that it had carried out the latest London attacks and warned that it would not stop its bombing campaign until all ‘infidel’ forces quit Iraq, according to an Internet statement. “Our strikes in the heart of the British infidel capital are nothing more than a message to all European governments that we shall not relent until all infidel forces quit Iraq,” the Brigades of Abu Hafs Al Masri said.
“This is a warning to all those who follow the policies of the president of infidel America,” said the statement, whose authenticity could not be confirmed.
London’s transport system was targeted again on Thursday, without causing casualties, two weeks after July 7 attacks that killed 52 people plus four suicide bombers.
The same group had claimed responsibility for the first bombings and warned of more attacks to come.
The group earlier this week also warned European nations to pull their troops out of Iraq within a month or face more attacks like the London bombings.
It also claimed responsibility for the March 2004 Madrid train bombings in which 191 people died and twin bombings in Istanbul in November 2003 that killed 63 people.
“The beginning was in Madrid and in Istanbul. Today, it’s London and tomorrow the mujahedeen will express themselves again.
“We will only calm down when security is a reality in the land of Islam and for Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine,” it added.—AFP
