How We Can Prevail: New hope: Defeating terror requires Muslim help - and much more than force of arms.

By Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek, July 18 2005

The London bombings have failed. Barbarous in intent, brutal for a few hundred people, unsettling for all who watched in horror, they have nonetheless failed. In one day much of the city's transport system was up and running again, its Underground stations busy and its buses crowded with passengers. Most businesses stayed open, and people didn't panic. Right after the blasts, Britain was scheduled to play Australia in a cricket match at Headingley stadium in Leeds, 170 miles from London. The organizers decided that the game would go on. Britain won.
The clear hope of the terrorists last Thursday morning was to disrupt economic activities at one of the world's financial centers. For years now, Al Qaeda's leaders, including Osama bin Laden, have urged that this be the goal of future attacks. But in 24 hours the London stock market was back to its pre-bombing levels. World markets bounced back even faster. All indications are that Britain will see a minimal drop in tourism and virtually none in trade.