We are labeling and barking up the wrong tree. The problem
is Islam, the sooner we accept it, the better of all of us. Islam
cannot be reformed. As long as there is Islam there will
be attrocities committed in the name of this ideology
& for martyrdom.

Faqi, London, UK

Whenever I am reading about terror plots and bombings I feel pain in my heart. How can anyone justify killing of innocent people with the fight for Islam. If you are true Muslims as you pretend to be, then please educate yourself and fight intellectually bringing something good to the humanity. Instead of spending years plotting against your own country and ending in prison for the rest of your life, you could have been researchers, professors, doctors and help your fellow citizens.
Your acts of terror will not only hurt your "enemies" but also the majority of Muslims who want to live and work peacefully and contribute to the society.

Bess, Uppsala , Sweden

Well said, Mr O'Neill. I do hope we don't waste time and money on a Public Inquiry into 7/7. We should cultivate the realism of those people before WW2 who had no illusions ("the bomber will always get through"), and just do all we can to limit the damage.

J.Fletcher, Canterbury, UK

Yes. Al-qaeda will strike again but we must be very careful about calling them terrorists as they are very sensitive people who dislike being discriminated.

Someone must find an euphemistic name for their next 'coup.'

politically correct , Lisbon,

Given all this it's even more incredible that the gov't would not deport those two Libyans last week because of concern about their "yooman rights". Deport them & let 'em sue if they don't like it, it's time the law protected the innocent.

Stan(expat), USA, USA

Any link between the recent mushrooming of support for the BNP and the treachery of those whos parents were made welcome on those shores. I know Bliar, Cameron and Campbell would sick their heads in the proverbial bucket of sand, but I'm afraid that the good nature of the British peoples is being sorely tried. How many mohammedans will be seen taking to the streets calling for the beheading of those who planned but failed to carry out this monstous act (in their name)... I'm not sitting on the edge of my seat!

Lucy, Edinburgh, UK

there are 2000 + mosques in the UK and just in case you dont
realise it they are attended by people of the Islamic faith
so if you work out the numbers which attend we the people
of the UK can assume that most proberly99.9% of
Islamic people are not terrorists or criminals but to keep
our society in peace and harmony we all have to work together to keep it that way.if the people work together
it will stop the goverment scaremongering and using
terrorism to keep increasing taxes lets stop making jobs
for the boys we need hospitals and prisons first.

george william taylor, hull, uk

Liberalism is simply ' not enough'. It is time to tight the ropes of security, to less generous with Burka wearers, and to demand from those who are 'guests' to treat the hostess with respect, or they would be sent to the countries, where their beloved culture and religion is practised.
Makepeace

Edward, London, London

It is sadly true that al-Qaeda will probably strike again, but what is far more tragic is the seeming inabilty of many in the US/UK to realize that it is our actions in Islamic countries that spur this inevitability. We have smashed Iraq, and do not know or care to know how many hundreds of thousands have died as a direct result. Over two million have fled their homeland. Fifty thousand we read leave each month, and these are the type of people most needed to stabilize that country. To point this out usually results in the comment that you are blaming the US/UK first, but who else is responsible? Further, the vast oppression of the Palestinians for half a century at the hands of the neoconservative/zionist cabal which to this day remains dominant in US electorial politics, also contributes to this syndrome. Terroism is the weapon of the weak, and sadly true, one man's freedom fighter is another's political demon. Witness the Irgun/Stern Gang actions in Palestine circa 1947-48.

John, Seattle, USA

I find it very hard to see how you might argue that debate about terrorism is "characterised by complacency, stymied by denial". I cannot recall the last time I heard significant people decry, pooh-pooh or dismiss the threat of terrorism (although admittedly there is no shortage of denials by paranoid conspricay theorists in the blogosphere, but since when do they matter?).

On the contrary, public political debates strike me as more often couched in terms of dire threats to our way of life and the inevitability of attack. Think of the PM talking about al-Q wanting to "unleash Armageddon", John Reid talking about "inevitable attacks", regular warnings about this from senior police chiefs. Whatever the ailments of counter-terrorism policy here, denial is hard to number among them

Mark, Worthing, UK