He was probably disappointed that he wasn't off to spend the rest of his afterlife with the 72 virgins Jo. If his goal was in fact to blow himself up along with his target, then, sadly, he probably was disappointed when things weny awry. I'll have to check the news for an update--when I left home an hour ago, they thought there was a package still on the bus, speculating that it contained explosives that had failed to go off when the detonator went off.
The thing is, it could very well be that all this group of attackers intended to use was the detonators. As we all know, one of the main goals of terrorism is to spread fear and create chaos, and planting detonators that explode in "mild" fashion achieves those goals as readily as the horrible bombs that killed 55 people. Just the idea that the terrorists once again easily planted these bombs and appear to be stepping up their attacks will be enough to make this attack a complete success. Thank goodness, however, that whatever their sick and twisted motives were, fewer people were killed (zero in fact) or injured (only one I think?) in this round of bombings.
I think there is a wide acceptance here in the States that it's only a matter of time before we get another horrible reminder that evil is still rampant in the world. I pray that I am wrong, and that evidence left in today's attacks help British soldiers and intelligence officers catch the cells behind this.
All of our Brit friends, esp. Londoners such as yourself Jo, are very much in my thoughts today.
Brad
