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The Guardian // World // Europe

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

Sunday 6th July 2025, 11:00AM

Exclusive: Former Met officer Neil Basu says there is link between UK foreign policy and radicalisation, and atrocity did lasting damage to race relationsForeign 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. Continue reading...

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