WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE 7/7 BOMBING?

On July 7, of 2005 there were a series of coordinating bombings that hit London's public transportation system, namely public trains. At 8:50 in the morning three bombs exploded within fifty seconds of eachother on three underground trains. After one hour, a fourth bomb exploded on the Number 33 public bus in London.

There was no knowledge of these attacks on behalf of British intelligence. It was the largest and most deadly terrorist attack on London's public transportation system ever. It created a huge outcry, being that 52 people were killed, and over 700 people were injured. We are talking of big bombs. The terrorist attack was carried out by British Islamists. The video I decided to post was put together by a British news station, which I found to be very informative...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuhBdHc8Nqs .

The bombings instantly became world news, and practically every major news network in the United States and Britain covered the story. It turns out that, the bombings were in fact suicide bombings. The four suicide bombers seemed to be inexperienced, and were found with identifying items which led to the discovery of a bomb factory in Leeds. Furthermore the bombers had purchased return tickets. The combination of these two facts, has led police to speculate that the bombers may have been mislead by superiors to believe that they would be returning home. In my opinion that is a very viable option considering the fact that not many people want to die, and maybe they were told they would be returning out of fear that they might back out at the last minute, uncovering the whole plot without carrying it out.

As a result there were seven arrests of British Muslims that were in some way connected with the bombers. There were videos found made by two of the bombers. In these videos they describe their purpose and what they seek to accomplish in carrying out these types of attacks on the British. One of the videos describes what will cause the terrorist attacks to stop, "Until we feel security you will be our targets and until you stop the bombing, gassing, imprisonment and torture of my people we will not stop this fight. We are at war and I am a soldier. Now you too will taste the reality of this situation." Hearing words like that sends a chill down your spine. You realize that these people are ruthless and will stop at nothing to get what they want. The other video, has a similar outlook on why these attacks were carried out. The terrorist explains, "What have you witnessed now is only the beginning of a string of attacks that will continue and become stronger until you pull your forces out of Afghanistan and Iraq. And until you stop your financial and military support to America and Israel." They are attacking the British because of their involvement in the war on terror? That's ironic. When will these attacks stop? Who knows. But, I do know that they will continue as long as the United States stays in Afghanistan and Iraq. We are the outsiders trying to come in, and to these Islamic terrorist groups, that is an infringement on their lives, and they want retaliation. The more they want retaliation, the more we want retaliation. If looked at it in that simple sense, it won't be ending anytime soon.