Monday, July 18, 2005
Ministers reject Iraq terror link
BBC NEWS | "Senior Cabinet ministers have rejected a report's claims that supporting the invasion of Iraq put the UK more at risk from terrorist attack.
The Chatham House and Economic and Social Research Council paper says the Iraq war has boosted al-Qaeda.
UK involvement in operations against Osama Bin Laden's network has also raised the attack risk, it adds.
But Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Defence Secretary John Reid said there had also been attacks before the war.
The report, which comes less than two weeks after the London Tube and bus bombings, said the UK's anti-terrorist efforts had been focused on Northern Ireland."
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