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After London, however--as after Madrid before it and Casablanca before that and Riyadh and Bali--we do know a bit more about the al-Qaeda movement's capabilities and priorities. A clear picture of who carried out the attacks may take days to come into focus. But the location, targets and timing of the 7/7 bombings do, to differing degrees, provide lessons about the nature of the threat posed by al-Qaeda today--and how it's changing. Here are three of the big ones...
...born and grew up in Europe. They look like normal Europeans; they sound like normal Europeans; and they harness this seething anger and sense of righteous outrage in a manner adapted to what they see as jihad in Europe." While there is some evidence that the bombing of four Madrid trains on "3/11"--March 11, 2004--was inspired by seasoned radicals who had been to al-Qaeda's Afghan camps before 9/11, those attacks were perpetrated mostly by Moroccans who had been living in Spain for years...
...even after Madrid, Europe has been slow to respond. The office of the European terrorist czar, created after 3/11, has just three employees. "Often we need attacks to get serious," says Stefano Dambruoso, Italy's top antiterrorism magistrate until last year. Until recently, the British were notoriously indulgent of hate-spewing imams and the fanatics who worshipped at their mosques. "It took years to convince the British authorities that they had a significant homegrown Islamic threat," says a recently retired FBI counterterrorism official. "I remember being there in 1999, and one of our guys joked, 'If you don't start...
...London attack limned al-Qaeda's limitations and strengths, it has not yet helped clarify what role the Iraq war has played in helping or hurting the jihadist movement. We know that some of the Madrid terrorists had watched videotaped messages from Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq. Did he also help inspire the London attackers? Jihadist groups in Saudi Arabia and other Muslim nations say they have found it easier to lure new recruits because the American invasion has encouraged a climate of social approval for radical Islamism. And it's virtually certain that some...
...away. You would think wrong. On July 6, in Singapore, the i.o.c. will announce which city will next take up the Olympic torch and host the 2012 Summer Games. The competition has been the most intense for years, with five of the world's most famous cities - London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City and Paris - vying for the honor. Each city has launched a massive, multimillion-dollar marketing effort to get the Games. British Prime Minister Tony Blair will jet to Singapore for a last-minute charm offensive before opening the G-8 summit meeting in Scotland. The French team...