Al-Qaeda failed in its brutal attack on London to scare the British into complying with their demands and made the United Kingdom even more united in their resolve to defeat terrorism.
The death toll stands above fifty so far; hundreds were hurt and dozens are reported as being missing. World leaders denounced the attacks as ‘barbaric’ and the worldwide outpouring of support for the people of London was heart-warming to see.
The Mayor of London said what everyone thinks: low-level terrorism is inevitable. London has been expecting an attack by terrorists for quite some time; so have other nations who are actively fighting terrorism.
The thing is, this type of terrorism is difficult to stop and almost certainly won’t be detected beforehand as we saw in London and Madrid.
The bombs were said to have been home-made and put into backpacks before being left on the subway or in the bus.
The only thing that Western governments can do is react and take out terror cells as they give themselves away or they find information about people living in their countries who went to terror camps and so forth.
There is some question if this is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s work or if this was done by Osama bin-Laden. Bin-Laden had been encouraging al-Zarqawi to not limit his fight to Iraq, and it is possible that al-Zarqawi used his international connections to put this terrorist attack on London together.
In any case, the fight against international terrorism will continue. The pressure must be kept up.
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