The
UK Independent and
UK Guardian both have accounts of leaks from the Italian interrogation of the July 21st bomber captured in Rome.
'A suspected member of the 21 July bomb cell has told investigators he was motivated by the Iraq war, not religion.'
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'The suspected would-be bomber is reported to have denied links to the cell that killed 52 people two weeks earlier. But that outrage acted as a "signal" for the second gang to launch its own attack.'
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'He told investigators the cell was surprised by the 7 July bombs. "We have no link with the Pakistanis," he said. However, his group took the 7 July carnage as a signal that it should also act.
According to another report, from the Ansa Italian news agency, Hussain said: "We had to do something. We had to react to the climate of hatred and hostility that was created after the 7 July bombs. We were not supposed to kill anyone. That bomb would not have been able to cause victims."'