Following the 7 July 2005 London bombings , Al Jazeera invited Hani al-Sebai , an Islamist living in Britain , to take part in a discussion on the event . Al-Sibai is listed as a Specially Designated National by the US Treasury Department because of alleged support for al-Qaida . For one segment of the discussion in regard to the victims , MEMRI provided the following translation of al-Sebai 's words : Al-Sebai subsequently claimed that MEMRI had mistranslated his interview , and that among other errors , he had actually said : By leaving out the condemnation of the " killing of innocents " entirely , Mohammed El Oifi , writing in '' Le Monde diplomatique '' , argued that this translation left the implication that civilians ( the innocent ) are considered a legitimate target . Several British newspapers subsequently used MEMRI 's translation to run headlines such as " Islamic radical has praised the suicide bomb attacks on the capital " prompting al-Sebai to demand an apology and take legal action . In his view , MEMRI 's translation was also " an incitement to have me arrested by the British authorities "
7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
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