More terrorist attacks in London

In an eerie re-play of the events exactly two weeks ago, four bombs went off in London this afternoon, three in tube trains and one on a bus. Fortunately the explosions were very small and only one person was injured, but the incident has caused chaos in the public transport systems, and for a while there were fears of a biological or chemical attack. Here's the link to the story on BBC.

Does this herald another phase of terrorist bombings in London? Suicide bombings are far, far more difficult to prevent than the atrocities perpetrated by the IRA. One hesitates to lay blame at a time like this, but I can't help feeling that if we hadn't have helped invade Afghanistan and Iraq on what now seem to be false charges (what WMDs??), this would never have happened. The bombers seem to be religious fanatics with links to Al-Qaeda.

Even so, the spirit of the good ol' Londoners is hard to squash. It's heartwarming to see people going about their daily business without fear. If the terrorists are counting on making people afraid and paranoid, they're going to have their work cut out.