"This book inspired me and other survivors of July 7th. Understanding what happened and why is essential for healing and allows us to move forward. I urge all those committed to hope, healing and peaceful resolution of conflict to read what Milan Rai has written."
- Rachel North, writer and 7/7 survivor

Author and activist Milan Rai - who recently became the first person to be charged with organising an "unauthorised" demonstration within 1km of Parliament - will be travelling the UK this April, talking about his new book 7/7: The London Bombings, Islam and the Iraq War (Pluto Press, 2006)

Using leaked secret documents to expose the Government's lies concerning the causes of the 7 July bombings and providing deep insights into Islam and the British Muslim communities, 7/7 also explodes many of the diversionary theories that have been been given for the 7 July bombings eg. that the four men were 'brainwashed', that Islam was to blame etc...

Milan Rai's previous books include "Chomsky's Politics", "War Plan Iraq" and "Regime Unchanged" ('a magnificent expose of the lies that propelled the criminal attack on Iraq' - John Pilger).

UK SPEAKING TOUR
Events include:

12 April, London: Public Meeting with Milan Rai and Rachel North (7/7 survivor) (see p.8). 7-9pm, Friends Meeting House, 173 Euston Rd, NW1 2BJ. Org by JNV, Quaker Peace and Social Witness and Voices.

* 10 Apr, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 7.30pm: The William Elder Building (old Job Centre), Castlegate, Berwick. info: Berwick upon Tweed Justice not War 01289 308767
* 11 Apr, Kendal, 7.30pm: The Castle Street Centre, Kendal. Info: 01539 724 707
* 12 Apr, London (see above)
* 13 April, Lewes, 7.30pm, Newton Room at Southover Grange, 01273 473912);
* 20 April, Yeovil, 7.30pm, Unity Hall, Central Road (next to Fire Station)Yeovil, Somerset. Contact Ysastopwar@aol.com
* 21 Apr, Reading, 6 for 6.30pm: RISC One World Shop, 35-39 London Street, Reading. Info: 0118 958 6692 www.risc.org.uk
* 23 Apr, Hereford, 7pm: Friends Meeting House, 21 King St. Access via a narrow passage adjacent to an estate agent. Info: rch@numeracy.freeserve.co.uk
* 24 Apr, Hebden Bridge, 7.00pm for 7.30pm: Hope Street Baptist Church Hall, Hebden Bridge. Info: 01422 320139
* 29 Apr, Aberystwyth; 4.30pm-5.30pm: (signing) Ottakars, 27 Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth. Info: http://www.socialforumcymru.org.uk/ or Ottakars 01970 611222

" Milan Rai’s book about the July bombings in London is clear, scholarly, analytical, powerful, persuasive — and very readable. Seeking the real explanation for those events he completely destroys the illusion spread by the prime minister that they had nothing to do with Britain’s illegal aggression against Iraq, which no-one really believes. The author, a man committed to peace, holds no brief for the violence in those attacks and the suffering they caused, but patiently takes us through the circumstances that played a part in motivating those who carried them out. This is a book that everyone with a serious interest in the crisis we face must read if they are to hope to understand it, its causes, its effects, and how we might resolve it."
- Tony Benn