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GUEST: Milan Rai, founder of British branch of “Voices in the Wilderness,” co-founder of anti-war group “Justice Not Vengeance,” author of several books including “War Plan Iraq: 10 Reasons Against War with Iraq,” “Regime Unchanged,” and “Chomsky’s Politics.” His latest book is “7/7: The London Bombings, Islam, and the Iraq War.”

For the first time since the US-led invasion of Iraq, Britain has handed back to Iraq, responsibility for security in one of the country’s 18 provinces. The handover marked the end of the permanent presence of coalition troops in the province. The US and Britian are closely monitoring the situation – other provinces are expected to follow suit. Meanwhile Britain just agreed to send an additional 900 troops to Afghanistan. There have been rising numbers of British soldiers killed in the dangerous southern provinces of the country in recent weeks. It’s been a little over a year since the July 7th 2005 London subway bombings which killed 52 people. My guest, peace activist Milan Rai explains in his new book that the violence of last year was rooted less in al-Qaeda brainwashing than in disaffection and “humiliation” felt for the suffering of Muslim people worldwide at the hands of Western powers or their proxies, particularly in Iraq. Milan Rai is the founder of British branch of “Voices in the Wilderness,” co-founder of anti-war group “Justice Not Vengeance,” author of several books including “War Plan Iraq: 10 Reasons Against War with Iraq,” “Regime Unchanged,” and “Chomsky’s Politics.” His latest book is “7/7: The London Bombings, Islam, and the Iraq War.”

For more information, visit www.j-n-v.org.