It has been 9 years ago today that terrorists attacked the United States of America in New York, Washington DC, and a Pennsylvaina field and that 2996 people were killed. Let us take a brief moment of silence to remeber the victims and their families.
911 was a terrible day that I remember following via the BBC website. A shocking human tragedy.
Complex issues have no easy solutions.
Terrorism has a long history. During the three preceding decades, the British government was well aware of the the threat of the Provisional IRA. Despite that awareness and using the apparatus of the British and friendly security services there was a long list of incidents.
What happened here regarding Irish linked terrorism in GB is not of course similar to 9/11 but it is well in excesss of the 7/7 tragedy obviously so cannot see how that comparison was weakened? The terrorists killed numbers well into 4 figures and many, many were innocents with no respect of who they were including women (sometimes targetted) and children. Infrastructure and damage to communtiy adhesion was immense as well. So feel that has to be stated in contradiction of the comment.
