I've seen the same line on Chechen bombings in Russia for example. When we lived in Moscow, we would often pass by the memorial to those who died in the bombing at Pushkinskaya Metro station. Same M.O. as London...
Frightening to think millions around the world may believe an item in Arab News that is obviously nonsense to any reasonable person. And perhaps more disturbing to realize there are editors at papers like Arab News who willingly choose to publish this sort of thing. What Motive for the Heinous Crime of London Bombings?:
Dictatorial governments have always used some fabricated or isolated incidents to justify their tyrannical actions. In recent years, Western governments have shown that they are always willing to borrow a leaf of dictators' book. Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and David Blunkett's measures that were ruled unconstitutional by the British House of Lords are examples of such readiness. Do we see in the London bombings an act that will play into the hands of Tony Blair's government? This is not to suggest that the government has any hand in the planning or execution of this crime. It is only likely that in the aftermath of the bombings, the Blair government may find it much easier to introduce some draconian measures of the type that was ruled unconstitutional, without encountering much opposition.
The real sufferers will be the Muslim community in Britain and in other European countries.
An important factor that supports this view is the outcome of the recent general elections in Britain, when the Blair government lost much of its parliamentary majority, and the Muslim community was for the first time more selective in how it votes. The first steps toward shaping a “Muslim vote” factor that influences election results were seen to have taken place. In order to prevent such a factor taking firm roots, something needs to be done now to send the Muslim community back into its long political slumber. What can bring this about better than alienating it from British society?
This Arab News article seems a good illustration of Voltaire's observation, that those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.