Terrorists attacked London this morning, with four bombs going off in the transportation network, killing at least 33 people, and injuring up to a thousand. As always with breaking news like this, there are a lot of speculation and error being passed off as news. My deepest sympathy to all those affected.
The Mirror has reactions from many world leaders, but I’m going with the mayor of London, Red Ken Livingston:
“I want to say one thing: This was not a terrorist attack against the mighty or the powerful, it is not aimed at presidents or prime ministers, it was aimed at ordinary working-class Londoners, that isn’t an ideology, it isn’t even a perverted faith, it’s mass murder. We know what the objective is. They seek to divide London. Black and white, Muslim and Christian, Hindus and Jews, young and old. It was an indiscriminate attempt to slaughter, irrespective of any considerations for age, class, religion whatever.”
#1 by Sean Murphy on July 9, 2005 - 9:52 pm
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A couple of good articles/posts on the 7/7 attacks in London:
Cool Brittannia by Tim Worstall (hat tip to Real Clear Politics)
who also covered it in his blog entry Terrorist bombs in London
and referenced A letter to the terrorist, from London
London Tube Explosions by Nose Monkey