My thoughts are with everyone affected by the horrible events of this morning in London, and my heartfelt thanks goes to those working to help those affected.
I am glad to see that the G8 leaders will not let these base criminals interfere with their summit (video via Trey Jackson), and I hope sincerely that any outcome is not negatively affected.
Until now, London – and the UK in general – has been lucky. We had been left unscathed by the recent terrorist attacks on other major cities and countries. But now London has been forced into this macabre group in the most terrible way possible.
As in the US and Madrid, East Africa and Bali, and so many other countries around the world, these attacks were not aimed at powerful people. This was a cowardly attempt to grab headlines and make some sort of point by indiscriminately killing and maiming innocents. There is no religion on the planet that condones these actions.
As Hamish Macdonald, a journalist for Channel 4 News who witnessed the King’s Cross attack, wrote, “The newspaper headlines this morning brought us a rare good-news story, one which filled us all with expectation and hope. Tomorrow we will read of a tragic event.”
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London, 7th July 2005
I really have no constructive comment on today’s events, my thoughts are with those who are injured or with the families who have lost a loved one in this tragedy. Also we must remember those who have worked so tirelessly…