Chaos in London

Having all eyes set on Gleneagles for the G8 Summit and also celebrating the win of the Olympic Bid wasn't all that the Britons had to go through as the peaceful and busy streets of central London was in total chaos today after a series of suicide bombings took place at around 0850 local time.

Wrecked interior of a bombed Piccadilly line train   Bombed Double Decker bus with destroyed roof and side

Four suicide bombers coordinated to strike the transport system in central London, with their attacks resulting with explosions in underground trains just outside Liverpool Street and Edgware Road stations, and on another traveling between King's Cross and Russell Square & finally on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square an hour later. The explosions have so far cost 52 lives with over 700 more casualties.

The most highlighting issue of the attacks were that all four bombers (Two students, a teaching assistant and a Jamaican-born convert) were young Britons who had led apparently ordinary lives. The fact that they were home grown have steered great concern into the British public as it was their own people who had turned against them. Even though most of the blame has been put on Islamic nations, there is a part in which Britain itself has to play in the radicalization of these youngsters. However, still not knowing the exact significance of the attacks it might be quite a task to find the motives behind the masterminds.

Since the outcry of modern world terrorism as craftily headed by the US Government, Britain has always managed to hold a decent position in the affairs, until they wanted to prove their bravery in Iraq. However, things have changed since and the after effects are slowly coming into play. And it doesn't seem to be as pleasent as they said it would be.

It's such a shame to see this kind of human behavior at this modern and civilized age. There is no real explanation for both sides of the story as to their reasoning or justification, cos whatever they do its eventually gonna end up in the heads of the innocenct As much as I blame the bombers and specially the ones who planned the attacks, there's also a part of it directed towards the world leaders who have erupted this state of disorder and yet failed to bring stability in both a moral and political level. My sincere condolence goes to all those families who have lost their loved ones due to the explosions and pray that we all would be lucky enough to live in peaceful times.

User Naz   Post Date Thursday, July 07, 2005 | Comments (0)

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