London blasts - We must also be wary of terror threat

YESTERDAY’S series of bomb blasts in London, exactly two weeks after the attack which claimed the lives of 56 people, was another grim reminder, if it were needed, of the dire threat that Islamic fundamentalists pose to western civilisation.

By a miracle, nobody was killed when four minor explosions were triggered by cowardly terrorists who once more targeted innocent people in tube stations and on a bus. It was a copycat assault on the public transport artery which carries millions of people daily.

Significantly, this latest series of incidents came as British Prime Minister Tony Blair met police and intelligence chiefs to discuss what further powers they need in the wake of the London atrocity.