Not again
The government and Muslims have been seeking to stop any further bombing and deal with the aftermath of July 7th. Terrorists have a different idea
FOR the second time in as many weeks, four terrorist attacks jolted a quiet Thursday in London. Again, the targets were the Tube and a double-decker bus. Again, the capital shuddered to a halt. The relief that there was no repeat of the carnage and that the attacks appeared to have been bungled was tempered by the attackers' sinister message: that the four suicide-bombers who took 56 lives on July 7th were not alone.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Not again”
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