Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Michael Jay's letter to the Cabinet Secretary

Nothwithstanding PM Tony Blair's denials, there is documentary evidence that informed officials in the British government reported growing anger among British Muslims as a result of British foreign policy, not least participation in the invasion and occupation of Iraq. This flies in the face of Blair's claims that those who conducted the London bombings were acting out of ideologically-instilled hatred rather than specific grieviences.