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Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles published in previous issues including a paper on the terrorist bombings in London, England, in the July 18, 2005 issue, "Why Iraq Has Made Us Less Safe…" by Daniel Benjamin in the July 18, 2005 issue, and "The Quiet Power of the Stoic," by Andrew Sullivan in the July 18, 2005 issue.

The article discusses how the people residing in London, England, are living under continuous threat after the terrorist attacks of July 7, 2005. A nation that has prided itself on the fact that most of its police officers go about unarmed is uneasy about seeing flak jackets and machine guns on its streets. The British government is preparing legislation that will grant much wider powers to the authorities enabling them to crack down on those who aid and abet terrorists.

The article informs that the biggest police investigation has unearthed a number of links between those four suicide bombers who attacked London, England and the al-Qaeda, a terrorist group. Police and intelligence services around the world have joined the hunt. British authorities were also pursuing a British-born Pakistani who entered England through a Channel port.

This article highlights certain lessons that terrorist bombings on London, England on July 7, 2005 present before the world. An investigation into the bombings provides lessons about the nature of the threat posed by al-Qaeda. European nations are at the receiving end of threats. The other lesson underscored by the London bombings is that the terrorists have adjusted to a new order. The most enduring lesson terrorism experts have learned is that terrorism can't easily be contained.

This article presents information on investigations which are going on after terrorist bombings on London, England on July 7, 2005. The article takes help of photographs to depict various aspects of the bombings. Two days after the attacks, British police said no arrests in connection with the bombings had been made. Investigators are looking into whether Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda's top operative in Iraq, may have helped supply explosives for the London bombers.

The article presents information on the reactions of different muslims in Great Britain after the bombings by suicide bombers in London, England on July 7, 2005. Many muslims feel implicated in the attacks carried out ostensibly in the name of their religion. The London blasts exposed fault lines, not only between different ethnic identities but between generations and economic classes.

The article focuses on two suicide bombers named Shahzad Tanweer and Mohammed Sidique Khan, who were involved in terrorist attacks in London, England on July 7, 2005. British born Tanweer was a young boy aged 22 years and mad about cricket and terrorist Osama bin Laden. Pakistani officials believe that Tanweer and Khan visited Pakistan in the months preceding the attacks to make preparations.

The article presents information related to those bombings that took place in London, England on July 7, 2005. Benedetta Ciaccia, an Italian-born business analyst, was among thousands of commuters on the way to work on July 7 as suicide bombers blew themselves up on three London Underground trains and a bus.

The article focuses on the threat of improvised explosive device attacks (IED) in the U.S. Following the attacks in Madrid, Spain and London, England, the U.S. is the most probable next target. But the U.S. administration has done little to prepare a national strategy for the threat. The national IED Task Force hasn't yet provided any clear steps after its only meeting in November 2005.

The article reports on Hayatt, a 30-year-old citizen of Pakistan, who has stayed in Athens for 5 years. After the bomb attacks in London on July 7, 2005, several Greek and British intelligence officers kidnapped him for questioning concerning violence caused. Hayatt was asked to say about his knowledge on the London bombings. The captors spoke in Greek and English. Though Hayatt was not harmed physically, the captors threatened reprisals against his family if he keeps mum on the issue.

The article reports on the hunt carried on by the Europe's governments to grab potential terrorists after London, England terrorist attacks on July 7, 2005. French police raided in suburban Paris and the city of Evreux in Normandy. They arrested nine alleged extremists linked to Algeria's terrorist Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy proclaimed that the risk of an attack is at a very high level.

The article presents information on probable link of four British suspects of London's suicide bombings with al-Qaeda. Two videotapes issued by al-Qaeda's number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri reveals that Mohammed Sidique Khan, suspected leader of the London suicide attacks may have had a much more direct and longterm involvement with al-Qaeda than previously thought and also a connection to Southeast Asian terrorist groups.

The article presents information on the impact of the terrorist attacks on the British Muslim population in London, England. Evidence is mounting of increased abuse of people presumed to be Muslim. The author is a British Muslim political columnist and receive a steady torrent of ugly e-mail invective. He does not believe that there is a simple causal connection between the Iraq occupation and the London bombings. However the war has aggravated the impotent fury of millions of young Muslims.

This article presents the author's comments on the courage of Britishers that they showed in the wake of terrorist attack on London, England on July 7, 2005. The author also reflects on the need for them to have patience in the war against terrorism. Their reflexive instinct at times of crises is often calm and steady endurance. After the attack, Britishers insisted on normalcy. According to the author, Britishers need to fight back militarily when appropriate.

This article highlights the leadership ability of Tony Blair, prime minister of Great Britain, that he showed after terrorist bombings on London on July 7, 2005. After the bombings, he plowed through several press conferences, as well as emergency meetings of a Cabinet committee and eleventh-hour sessions at the G-8 meeting of world leaders in Gleneagles. It shows an almost ferocious resilience at his core. So far there is no sign Blair will pay a political price for the bombings.