London bombings - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/london_bombings/?source=rss&aim=london_bombings en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT What America doesn't understand By Andrew Brown Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/11/brown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/11/brown/index.html?source=rss Homegrown U.K. terror is a growing threat, multicultural "tolerance" can't combat it, and the war in Iraq will only make it worse. London bombing -- one year later By Sean Kenny Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/07/london_anniv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/07/london_anniv/index.html?source=rss While it's business as usual in the tube, many Brits fear their liberties are under siege, and relations with Muslims are more strained than ever. Is it OK to shoot a suspected terrorist in the head? By Andrew Brown Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/09/07/british_police/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/09/07/british_police/index.html?source=rss Britons debate a post-9/11 police policy that led to the killing of an innocent man. Bush's dirty war By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/08/05/dirty_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/08/05/dirty_war/index.html?source=rss Whatever the president wants to call the fight against terrorism, his tactics, in marked contrast to Britain's, are severely hampering the global effort. London jogging By Hans Nichols Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/23/london_joggers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/23/london_joggers/index.html?source=rss In the wake of the terrorist bombings, some city commuters are dealing with their fears by putting on their running shoes. The Pakistan powder keg By Matthias Gebauer and Charles Hawley Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/23/rashid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/23/rashid/index.html?source=rss Ahmed Rashid, an expert on militant Islam, says unless the West turns up the heat on Musharraf, al-Qaida will continue to flourish there. Tunnel vision By Sidney Blumenthal Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/07/21/terror/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/07/21/terror/index.html?source=rss For Bush, it's always either the day after 9/11 or the day before the Iraq invasion. He needs to rethink his war on terror. The enemy is closer than we think By Mark Follman Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/19/london_attacks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/19/london_attacks/index.html?source=rss A top counterterrorism expert says the London suicide bombers may not have acted alone -- and America may be next. An honorable withdrawal By Joe Conason Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/07/15/quagmire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/07/15/quagmire/index.html?source=rss The London bombings remove any doubt about the damage the Iraq war has done to Western interests. Now, we must figure out the wisest way to extricate ourselves. The lower depths By David Thomson Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/12/bombings_thomson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/12/bombings_thomson/index.html?source=rss The images from the London bombings awakened an elemental fear that we all do our best to keep buried. Radical Islam's rising war on Europe By Andreas Ulrich, Holger Stark, Cordula Meyer and Dominik Cziesche Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/12/terrorism_eu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/12/terrorism_eu/index.html?source=rss EU investigators say that terrorists operate in small, flexible groups, making it almost impossible to catch them -- and that the Iraq war has made their task infinitely harder. Sticking to the flypaper By Tim Grieve Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/12/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/12/iraq/index.html?source=rss Americans don't think the war in Iraq is making them safer anymore. The White House says they're wrong. Dick Cheney sees all, tells all By Tim Grieve Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/11/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/07/11/cheney/index.html?source=rss "Greeted as liberators"? The "last throes" of the insurgency? What about London, Mr. Vice President? Get out of Baghdad By Joe Conason Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/07/08/london/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2005/07/08/london/index.html?source=rss The London bombings should spur Bush and Blair to pull out of Iraq and renew the fight against our real enemies. "The time of revenge has come" By Juan Cole Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/08/blowback/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/08/blowback/index.html?source=rss Blowback from Bush and Blair's incompetently pursued war on terror has hit London. When will the U.S. figure out how to fight smart? "Londoners will not be divided" Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/08/livingstone/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/08/livingstone/index.html?source=rss Mayor "Red" Ken Livingstone says London is a city "where freedom is strong," and that the terrorists can never win. "No way to stop it" By Rebecca Traister Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/07/newyork_subways/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/07/newyork_subways/index.html?source=rss In the New York subways, commuters think of London, 9/11 and the likelihood of more attacks. London blogging Compiled by J.J. Helland and Ira Boudway Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/07/blogs_bombings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/07/blogs_bombings/index.html?source=rss Eyewitness accounts and reactions to the four bomb attacks that rocked the English capital. A political bombshell for Blair By Andrew Brown Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/07/blair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2005/07/07/blair/index.html?source=rss Now that terror has struck London, will the British blame their leader?