Despite the terror attacks, Londoners were riding the buses Thursday afternon as soon as they starter running again. Like both Blair and Bush said, the terrorists will not win over our resolve.
We here in the United States mourn with you for your losses, just as you stood by us on 9/11.
Four London blasts kill 2, injures 300
Three explosions rocked the London subway and one tore open a packed double-decker bus during the morning rush hour Thursday. The blasts killed at least two people and injured more than 300 in what a shaken Prime Minister Tony Blair called a series of "barbaric" terrorist attacks.
I think the Observer is a little behind. On FOXNews this morning they were saying six bombs. Nobody’s sure who’s responsible, but the assumption is that it’s Al-Queda. Wonder if there’s any significance to the date 7/7 in the Arab world?
One of the best portrayals of the way a sleeper cell operates is in the hugely popular Fox TV show ’24′ Monday nights. This season, the show depicts a Muslim family living quietly in a middle-class neighborhood until it is ‘activated’ in a plot to gain access to America’s nuclear power plants and stage simultaneous meltdowns. Apparently this fictional series is too real for some. The Council on American-Islamic Relations lobbied Fox and the result was a disclaimer two weeks ago by actor Kiefer Sutherland, who plays the lead anti-terrorist agent on the show. Sutherland said, ‘While terrorism is obviously one of the most critical challenges facing our nation and the world, it is important to recognize that the American Muslim community stands firmly beside their fellow Americans in denouncing and resisting all forms of terrorism.’ How does Sutherland know this? Where is the evidence that peace-loving Muslims in America are rooting out and exposing sleeper cells and turning them over to authorities?
—Cal Thomas
I agree. If Muslim-Americans love the United States then they’ll turn in the people from their mosque who are preaching hate. They’ll testify against that kid from "Terror High" in Virginia. They’ll petition the governments in their home countries to stop supporting terrorism. Then I’ll believe they’re peace-loving.
Looks like there’s going to be another score in the Dead Pool soon…
Yasser Arafat has lapsed into a coma in a French hospital, a senior Palestinian official said Thursday, a day after the Palestinian leader was rushed to intensive care following a sharp deterioration in his health.
Yasser is #10 on my list and this is one guy I didn’t feel bad about putting on the list.
