Foreign governments were particularly angered when the head of Al-Muhajiroun , Omar Bakri Muhammad , claimed he lived in the UK under a " covenant of security " , whereby he was left alone by the authorities so long as he did not sanction attacks on British soil . The British government denied the claim . Some suspects of the 1995 attacks on Paris have fled to the United Kingdom ; Rachid Ramda was eventually put into French custody on the 1 December 2005 , after ten years of permanent request by French judges . Following the 7 July 2005 London bombings , articles in '' The New York Times '' and '' Le Figaro '' claimed that London had become something of a safe haven for terrorists
7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
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