Bomb victim takes on Howard
By Belinda TaskerJuly 21, 2005
AN Australian woman wounded in the London bombings has asked Prime Minister John Howard whether Australia's involvement in Iraq had anything to do with the attacks.The exchange occurred as Mr Howard and wife Janette visited Australian women Lousie Barry and Gillian Hicks in the London hospitals where they are still being treated after the July 7 attacks.
During his bedside visit to see Ms Barry, 29, at University College in London, the Australian woman asked Mr Howard if he believed the bombings were linked to the conflict in Iraq.
A slightly taken aback Mr Howard replied that attacks such as the coordinated blasts in London "could happen anywhere".
"I think the motivation (of the bombers) is the same as the motivation of the people who murdered 88 Australians in Bali, which took place before the Iraq war," he said after his visits to the two women.
"The motivation that murdered 3000 in the World Trade Centre on the 11th of September 2001, which took place before the Iraq war.
"And that is a perverted, twisted and totally immorally depiction of extreme Islam.
"I think that is their motivation."
Ms Barry and Ms Hicks were among nine Australians injured in the bombings.
Ms Barry, an environmental crimes investigator from Port Stephens in New South Wales, was on the double-decker bus blown up in Tavistock Square.
She told the Prime Minister she was at the back of the bottom floor of the bus when it blew up, leaving her pinned under much of the wreckage.
Mr Howard, who flew into London from Washington yesterday, said he was not concerned if Ms Barry linked the bombings to Iraq.
"The fact that she might hold that view its part of the scene," he said.
"Equally a man who was a hostage in Iraq, namely Douglas Wood, has expressed strong support for Australia's involvement in Iraq.
"All that indicates is that we live in a democracy where there's a range of views.
"I have my view, others are entitled to different views, and I have never ignored the fact that there are people who have different views about our involvement in Iraq than I do.
"I don't find that remarkable at all. It doesn't disturb me.">>>continued
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AN Australian woman wounded in the London bombings has asked Prime Minister John Howard whether Australia's involvement in Iraq had anything to do with the attacks.The exchange occurred as Mr Howard and wife Janette visited Australian women Lousie Barry and Gillian Hicks in the London hospitals where they are still being treated after the July 7 attacks.During his bedside visit to see Ms Barry, 29, at University College in London, the Australian woman asked Mr Howard if he believed the bombings were linked to the conflict in Iraq.
A slightly taken aback Mr Howard replied that attacks such as the coordinated blasts in London "could happen anywhere".
"I think the motivation (of the bombers) is the same as the motivation of the people who murdered 88 Australians in Bali, which took place before the Iraq war," he said after his visits to the two women.
"The motivation that murdered 3000 in the World Trade Centre on the 11th of September 2001, which took place before the Iraq war.
"And that is a perverted, twisted and totally immorally depiction of extreme Islam.
"I think that is their motivation."
Ms Barry and Ms Hicks were among nine Australians injured in the bombings.
Ms Barry, an environmental crimes investigator from Port Stephens in New South Wales, was on the double-decker bus blown up in Tavistock Square.
She told the Prime Minister she was at the back of the bottom floor of the bus when it blew up, leaving her pinned under much of the wreckage.
Mr Howard, who flew into London from Washington yesterday, said he was not concerned if Ms Barry linked the bombings to Iraq.
"The fact that she might hold that view its part of the scene," he said.
"Equally a man who was a hostage in Iraq, namely Douglas Wood, has expressed strong support for Australia's involvement in Iraq.
"All that indicates is that we live in a democracy where there's a range of views.
"I have my view, others are entitled to different views, and I have never ignored the fact that there are people who have different views about our involvement in Iraq than I do.
"I don't find that remarkable at all. It doesn't disturb me.">>>continued
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