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The London Bombings

NPR.org, July 8, 2005 · Read a sampling of world editorials and analysis about the deadly bombings that struck in the heart of London.

MADRID

Similar Massacres, Different Reactions

El Mundo

July 8, 2005

The cold state of the British has bordered on cruelty in comparison with the emotion and solidarity the Spanish displayed. It is as if the human significance of what happened had been annulled. Seen through the British media, London recovered its pulse the morning after the attacks and put forth an image of normalcy, even indifference... [In Madrid] Two days after the attacks, millions marched on the street in rabid pain. In the UK, no one has mobilized a march.

DUBAI

London's Week of Mixed Emotions

Gulf News

July 8, 2005

The London attacks dominate the news because they were such a rare occurrence. It is also worth reflecting on the daily terror suffered in Iraq, where thousands have died. Bombs there have become so commonplace one is in danger of becoming hardened, even bored, by a report of yet another explosion in yet another place that kills yet more people.

SALTILLO, MEXICO

New York, Madrid, London...Who's Next?

La Vanguardia

July 8, 2005

The tentacles of terror gripped the city of London yesterday and left it clear, once again, that there is no strategy capable enough to guarantee the safety of democratic societies... We are all in danger.

SYDNEY

Britain Shaken, Still Undaunted

The Sydney Morning Herald

July 8, 2005

The British spirit has been forged in the centuries-old fires of adversity. If the aim of the bombers was to crack that spirit through fear and terror, they picked the wrong people. The British spirit will not be broken and Britain, last overrun 939 years ago, will not be defeated...

BEIRUT

Not the Work of 'Islamic' Terrorists

The Daily Star

July 8, 2005

Sadly, the victims of their crimes are not only those who were killed or wounded or terrorized in London yesterday, but all Muslims, particularly those in the West, where they have been looked at with increasing discrimination and suspicion ever since September 11, 2001. Muslims will undoubtedly suffer even more discrimination in the wake of these latest attacks.

JERUSALEM

A Global Test

The Jerusalem Post

July 8, 2005

The barbaric attacks on London came a day after Prime Minister Tony Blair, in celebrating the British capital's selection as host of the 2012 Olympics, hailed its multi-culturalism. The timing helped illustrate that London's exemplary reconciliation of myriad cultures, races and faiths, is just what terrorists felt compelled to destroy...

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