Tony Blair met opposition party leaders who were all in agreement to introduce new legislation to prevent terror acts. The legislation would outlaw terror training schools "indirect incitement" of terrorism, including praise for those who carry out attacks, to control Islamists clerics accused of radicalizing disaffected Muslims in Britain. But would it stop Anglo-Saxon leaders from pontificating on freedoms and democracy and promoting it through US supported franchised street revolutions as it has done in Serbia, Ukraine, Georgia and elsewhere.

21 July botched attempts and shooting of an innocent Brazilian

A coroner's inquest confirmed that an innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, an electrician, while fleeing, was gunned down by police at Stockwell Underground station last Friday by seven shots to the head and one to the shoulder. Earlier Police version said that five shots were pumped into his head. Tony Blair apologized for the death, but de Menezes relatives said that they were thinking of suing the police , with the government of Brazil protesting at the cold blooded killing .There was wide spread horror and resentment in Brazil and elsewhere.

The killing also caused controversy in areas where immigrants predominate and affect electoral fortunes in UK. Lord Nazir Ahmed of Rotherham said that police must act within the "parameters of reasonableness". He said many Muslims were concerned that they might fall victim to the current policy. "We know that we have about 500,000 or so illegal immigrants. If any one of them was challenged by a police officer, they would certainly run.”

"I am not suggesting for one minute that an illegal asylum seeker has the right to stay here, but he is not the same as a suicide bomber," he added. There was widespread anxiety among Muslims at the shoot-to-kill policy, although it was claimed that the police would resort to it only in certain extreme circumstances. This is hardly conducive to good race relations between whites and non-whites in London and elsewhere and bodes ill for communal peace.

British media reported that plans being hatched by an alliance of rightwing extremists and football hooligans to exact "revenge" on Muslims have come to the notice of the police. They intend causing widespread fear and injury with attacks on mosques and organize high-profile "anti-Muslim" events in London.

While denying links between the bombers of 7/7 and 21/7, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair said the July 21 bombs, which failed to explode, were just as powerful as the first ones. Police found a fifth bomb in a park two days later, but said they were not looking for a fifth would-be bomber. All five bombs were assembled inside identical Indian made 6.25-liter plastic food storage containers with white lids, easily available in many British stores.

Pakistan- A Terrorists’ hub;

When accused that Pakistan was a global hub for al-Qaida, a bristling President Musharraf claimed that he has "completely shattered" al-Qaida in Pakistan. But this assertion was met with deep skepticism from diplomats, analysts and Pakistani opposition politicians. "Our military, police and other law enforcement agencies have completely shattered al-Qaida vertical and horizontal links," he told the media on 25 July "It no longer has any command, communication and propaganda structure in Pakistan."

Since 2001 Pakistan has arrested more than 700 al-Qaida suspects .Last year in an operation against 15 al-Qaida bases in South Waziristan bordering Afghanistan ,Pakistan army reportedly killed more than 300 militants (about half of them foreigners ).Same number of Pakistani soldiers also lost their lives. But analysts feel the General is not going after Pakistani extremists, which have even stronger links to international terrorism.

"It's just window dressing. He says al-Qaida back is broken after every major operation. It always turns out to be wrong," said Afrasiab Khattak, a human rights activist and opposition politician in Peshawar. A western diplomat said that Gen Musharraf had failed to deliver on similar promises after September 11. "Wait until you see, the same thing will happen this time."

Lashkar-i-Taiba and Jaish-i-Mohammad trained by the Pakistani intelligence to carry out terrorist acts in India and Kashmir , now also include western targets .They are active in Iraq and elsewhere .Though banned in 2002 Lashkar-i-Taiba leader, Hafiz Saeed, has openly preached in Lahore mosques and attended political rallies in Islamabad.

The assassination attempts on Gen Musharraf in end 2003 were ordered by Al Qaida but implemented by its Pakistani collaborators. The activities of Al Qaida and terrorists operating in Kashmir have also become interlinked.” What we are looking at is al-Qaida look alike or wannabes," said Samina Ahmed of the International Crisis Group think tank.

Gen Musharraf faces other dilemma .Two radical MMA religious political groups, which rule in Pakistan provinces of Baluchistan and Frontier Province support Musharraf government in Islamabad. But the major problem in Pakistan is its armed forces, which has been infected with the virus of terrorism after financing and training terrorists for decades. Many senior officers support anti-western ideology. Pakistan army also has its finger on nuclear trigger, which the West allowed Pakistan to develop in return for its support against USSR forces in Afghanistan. "Musharraf is bound by the Islamic consensus within the armed forces," said Khattak. "There has to be a paradigm shift if he is going to really tackle the terrorist networks."

Pakistan media mostly took the Pakistan authorities to task .Said ‘Dawn’ in its 21 July Editorial, "General Musharraf has spoken the right words in combating rising religious extremism and fanaticism ... The only problem - and a major one at that - however, is that we have heard these words many times before ... The government has completely failed in its half-hearted attempt to regulate the madrasas ... Similarly, [it] has also failed in its attempts to stop mosque imams ... from glorifying a militant version of Islam ...