Statement to Parliament on the London Bombings

Suicide Bombers Strike London City Transport

Speech

By: Tony Blair

Date: July 11, 2005

Source: Speech delivered before British Parliament, available online at <http://www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page7903.asp>.

About the Author: Leader of the Labour Party since 1994 following the death of John Smith, Tony Blair has been Britain's Prime Minister since 1997. Blair delivered this speech to Parliament in London four days after a series of suicide bombers struck London's Underground (subway) and bus transportation system.

INTRODUCTION

For much of the latter half of the twentieth century, of all the principle...

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