London Bombing
Coolmac
Date:
07/07/2005
Yet again, a major city has been targeted by a massive co-ordinated
terrorist attack. Since so many of us South Africans have buggered off
out of the country and moved to London, I have quite a few friends over
there living in and around the city. In fact, I found out about it when
I got an email from a friend there, telling us all down here that he and
his brother were okay. The day after London won their bid for the 2012 Olympic games, and on the day of the G8 meeting, these bombings could not have found a more media soaked target. Apparently a group linked to al Qaeda has claimed responsibility, which I guess won't surprise many people. Regardless if they are responsible or not life as a Muslim in London is likely to be difficult for a while.
One has to wonder whether the group that claimed responsibility wants that to happen? These groups always claim they want the western powers to leave them alone, yet these acts always seem to have the opposite effect. I just hope this doesn't cause the series of bad decisions (read: war) like 9/11 did.
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