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Source: http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/news/display.var.1511277.0.0.php
Brown Links Attack to Al-Qaeda and Warns Public to Remain Vigilant
[Herald-UK] Catherine MacLeod - Gordon Brown Sunday warned the terrorist threat to Britain was "long-term and sustained," and said security services and the public will have to remain constantly vigilant. He said the terror attacks were being carried out by "a group of people not just in this country but around the world who are prepared to inflict maximum damage on civilians" in pursuit of their aims. He played down suggestions that the terrorists were motivated by anger over British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying that instead they seemed to have a "grievance against society, particularly against the values that we represent and the values decent people of all religions represent." "We have got to recognize what the nature of the threat that we are dealing with is," he said. "It is clear that we are dealing in general terms with people who are associated with al-Qaeda."