[Mb-civic] Londoners Calm Amid the Chaos - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

Londoners Calm Amid the Chaos

City Saw Terrorist Attacks as Inevitable

By Sam Coates
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 7, 2005; 3:33 PM

Amid the chaos and confusion of today's attacks in the British capital, 
many Londoners reacted with remarkable calm and self-assurance, in part 
because of the experience of Irish Republican Army attacks stretching 
back more than three decades.

Since 1972, when IRA bombings started on the British mainland, there 
have been many attacks aimed at high-profile targets, including Downing 
Street (1992), the London Stock Exchange (1990) and Canary Wharf (1997), 
one of London's tallest buildings housing mainly financial and media 
companies.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/07/AR2005070701328.html
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