Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Sioux Nation -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (29575)	7/21/2005 6:43:25 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 361853

Latest London bombings fail to damage Blair ... yet Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:41 PM BST Printer Friendly \| Email Article \| RSS By Mike Peacock LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Britons to be calm and resolute after a second spate of bombings in London on Thursday, but further attacks may tarnish his image as a statesman which has won him praise. Blair was lauded at home and abroad after bombs on London's transport network killed more than 50 people two weeks ago. But if Thursday's fresh attacks, albeit smaller and taking no lives, turn out to be the start of a trend, the political flak could start to fly. Even before the latest incidents, Blair had been forced to fend off accusations that his backing for the Iraq war has made Britain a more dangerous place. He did so again on Thursday after four small explosions hit London's transport system, saying: "The roots of this are deep ... the terrorist attacks go back over 10 years. "The people who are responsible for terrorist attacks are the terrorists." But an opinion poll this week showed most Britons thought their country was less safe as a result of Iraq. A leaked document from intelligence chiefs essentially said the same -- that the terrorist threat had increased after the 2003 invasion to topple Saddam Hussein. More attacks on home soil and some of that mud may stick. "You get a period when everyone rallies around," one member of the Labour party said. "But you've seen the Iraq factor raised not long after the first bombs. It will happen again.