Al-Qaeda shadow looms over London

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As London reels from a co-ordinated bomb attack on its transport system, questions are quickly being asked about possible connections to the wave of violence launched by al-Qaeda around the world in recent years. If a connection is established, it would show that the group is alive and well despite being the main target of US-led global "war on terror" and the attentions of police and security forces throughout the world... It has for some time been almost a commonplace to say that Britain was "due" an al-Qaeda strike like that on Madrid. Britain's unflinching support for the Bush administration's foreign policies, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan, make it an obvious target for al-Qaeda.