tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11317796.post-1122899097056839112005-08-01T07:48:00.000-05:002005-08-01T07:46:08.863-05:00It looks as if they have <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1716690,00.html">broken the back</a>, maybe, of the terror cell which staged the attacks on 7/7 and 7/27. This is a big vindication for British police and security-- especially after the bungled, and fatal, misidentification of a Brazilian worker for a Moslem terrorist the day after the second bombing. It shows that despite the appearance of brutal heavy-handedness with their increase in security measures, the police in Britain knew, in general, what they were doing.<br /><br />Does it justify shooting that poor Brazilian fellow? No, of course not.<br /><br />Does it show that the British responded with something other than "death squads", as some folks have called them? Yes.<br /><br />I hope the Italians cooperate on extradition. I also hope that if there is a link to an organization or to a government that somehow facilitated those attacks; that they, too, can be identified and dealt with in a decisive fashion.<br /><br />Like the Taliban.<br /><br />Or like the Iraqi Baath Party.<br /><br />And I hope the Brits, with their "death squads", can stop <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1716737,00.html">these other guys</a>, as well.John Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108582036885362758noreply@blogger.com