ExSoldier checking in from north Florida on a dial up connection and a primitive computer and still on vacation....but this is my take on the above: According to the MSM in UK today, that stiff upper lip of the British is prominent. Ridership on the tube seems to be slightly off, but most folks seem to be taking a long weekend. I think it may bee business as usual on Monday. If that's so, then the desired effect may not be so great. True it's possible that the UK is a bit used to bombs since the IRA seems to set them off at times and the typical American sheep may bleat a bit more stridently! But it seems to me that it's got to be bigger than 911 or at least far more widespread. Comments on this (no pun intended) train of thought?
Still trying to construct the 1st mnemonic circuit using stone knives and bear skins......
But it seems to me that it's got to be bigger than 911 or at least far more widespread. Comments on this (no pun intended) train of thought?
They were successful in grabbing international attention. The attack was puny compared to Madrid (4 bomb vs 10). Bombs were only about 10lbs of explosive each packed in a Palestinian manner with nails. If this was a pure AQ attack, it would appear that their resources were very limited. I strongly suspect that this attack was linked to the group that executed Madrid Moroccan based jihadists. Probably there was a push from Al-Z in Iraq to do these attacks as a moral booster as his organization in Iraq is taking it in the shorts.
As I've said before, I expect a switch to these kind of attacks instead of the more spectacular because those spectacular attacks are harder to pull off. Public transit and shopping/market centers are very soft targets commonly used by Palestinian terrorists in Israel. It was spectacular enough due to the timing, but not big enough to damage the British economy or resolve. In fact I think it increased the resolve and there may be a crackdown on the militant imans in England.