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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Iraq war ‘made extremists of people’: ex-police terrorism chief looks back at 7/7

Badly bomb-damaged London bus with black cab in front on London street with emergency tape all around.
Tavistock Square, central London on Thursday 7 July after a bomb ripped through a doubledecker bus. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA Media

Foreign policy was a driver behind the 7 July 2005 attacks on London , with the atrocity leaving a “soul-destroying” legacy of a rise in hate, a former head of counter-terrorism has said.

Neil Basu said governments needed to accept that foreign policy, such as Britain’s stance on the Israel-Gaza war, could have a direct effect on domestic security.

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