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   sybil on July 7, 2005 at 11:28 am

   Excellent article from London
   by
   Michael Cox of the London School of Economics.

   “The consensus seems to be that the London bombing was co-ordinated to coincide with the G8 meeting in Scotland. So if one of the objectives of the terrorists was to focus attention on themselves – whoever they might be – they have at stroke done a major disservice to those many millions in Africa suffering from poverty and equal damage to those who were hoping to push a reluctant Bush towards accepting the need for firmer action on global warming. Thus, as always, terrorism serves to divert attention away from real world problems and what can be done about them, to how best the state can be strengthened to prevent further terrorist attacks in the future. The cause of human progress has yet again been dealt a cruel blow. […]

   By way of TalkingPointsMemo, word picture, if you will.

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     kansas on July 7, 2005 at 11:40 am

     Narcissists all.

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   BooMan on July 7, 2005 at 11:32 am

   9/11 vs. 7/7 Local Time

   8:46 Flight 11 hits North Tower
   8:51 Norwood explosion

   9:03 Flight 175 hits South Tower
   8:56 Aldgate explosion

   9:37 Flight 77 hits Pentagon
   9:17 Edgware explosion

   10:06 Flight 93 crashes
   9:47  Explosion on bus at Tavistock Square

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     kansas on July 7, 2005 at 11:45 am

     Whatever made you think of connecting those, Boo?

     Flight 77.  7/7.

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       BooMan on July 7, 2005 at 11:53 am

       struck me that the attacks were spaced out at the same time of day.  

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         sybil on July 7, 2005 at 12:02 pm

         to the murderers, “You have not killed the powerful, you killed ordinary working people.”

         That’s seems to be the target of their mad means to a mad end.