Thursday, July 21, 2005

Live from London, take II

Another 'incident' involving the London tube and a bus. At the moment it's unclear whether the bombs were nail bombs / just detonators / suicide bombers etc. -- but it looks like injuries were minimal.
Alarm, however....
My guess is that this is a copy-cat incident -- every major crime gives others ideas, and this one does not seem 'efficient' or well-planned enough for an al-Qaida type cell. Not that that makes much difference. People thought that at least if they travelled on the underground outside of rush hour they were safe, but people are now getting the idea they are not really safe anywhere, anytime. The question is whether a string of events, as opposed to just one, will change in any way the British resolve not to let terrorists dictate their foreign policy.
In the meanwhile, the tube lines back to North London (the major Jewish area) are closed, so here's hoping we can get home this evening.....

UPDATE: Consensus emerging: We are not afraid -- just a little jumpy...

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