Flights grounded and al-Qaeda hunt is on
One has to express some scepticism about the spate of terrorist 'alerts' that follow the latest bomb blast. On what basis are these alerts made? The public is entitled to know the true situation. One of the consequences of the Iraq war is that the world's intelligence agencies have suffered large blows to their credibility. Where are the Iraq terrorist links and the Iraq weapons of mass destruction? Either the intelligence agencies cannot do their job or more likely they have been compromised by the political leadership. This does nothing to inspire confidence. Personally, I am inclined to believe that authorities have no real information or ability to prevent terrorist attacks, which could occur at any time; at the same time military and intelligence agencies are blatantly used for political purposes.

Flights grounded and al-Qaeda hunt is on
One has to express some scepticism about the spate of terrorist 'alerts' that follow the latest bomb blast. On what basis are these alerts made? The public is entitled to know the true situation. One of the consequences of the Iraq war is that the world's intelligence agencies have suffered large blows to their credibility. Where are the Iraq terrorist links and the Iraq weapons of mass destruction? Either the intelligence agencies cannot do their job or more likely they have been compromised by the political leadership. This does nothing to inspire confidence. Personally, I am inclined to believe that authorities have no real information or ability to prevent terrorist attacks, which could occur at any time; at the same time military and intelligence agencies are blatantly used for political purposes.