On 5 August , Tony Blair made a statement at his regular monthly news conference which included a mention of the proposed legislation . He said : The statement " the sort of remarks made in recent days " was generally taken as a reference to Omar Bakri Muhammad who had received a great deal of publicity for his reaction to the London bombing . There had been other statements , made by a number of controversial figures , about the 11 September 2001 attacks and attacks on US and UK forces during the Iraqi insurgency . These figures also include Muslim clerics such as Abu Qutada and Abu Hamza al-Masri
11 September 2001 attacks
September 11 attacks
Terrorism Act 2006