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"What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know. I wish I could find out."
BASHIR AHMED, uncle of Shahzad Tanweer, one of four British nationals suspected of carrying out the London terrorist bombings

"There's no denying it's payback for what's happened in Iraq and Afghanistan. You've been bombing people for the last two to four years, so you are going to get a backlash."
SARAJ QAZI, Muslim shop owner in Luton, England, on possible reasons for the attack

"If they want unrest in the street, I will enforce...