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Jalal Ghazi
Editor's Note: Arab media say a deal between the British government and radical Islamists was broken with the July 7 London bombings, bringing an end to 'Londonistan,' a safe haven for extremist Islamic preachers.
"Since the London bombing attacks, Arab writers have expressed amazement that for two decades the British government looked the other way as Islamist extremists preached hate-filled jihadi ideologies in city mosques. Now, several Arab commentators insist that Downing Street must have made a deal with London's radical Islamists: They could say what they wanted about Jews, the corrupt West and Iraq, as long as they didn't attack the United Kingdom at home.
The July 7 subway and bus attacks, and Prime Minister Tony Blair's subsequent crackdown on Islamist extremists, destroyed that pact. Ironically that may have been the purpose of the blasts: to force Islamic extremists in London into more direct confrontation with the British government."
