It’s been hard to think about much other than the horror of the bombings for the last few days. But, as citizens of other countries under similar attack have learned, we can’t let the terrorists dominate our lives, even if there are inevitable changes. For the foreseeable future, we’re going to have to live our normal lives while maintaining a heightened state of alert, whatever that turns out to mean in practice.
Some good news today is that the Indonesian police have detained two suspects in Bali and that Howard has named Jemaah Islamiyah as the perpetrators. Hopefully the Bali arrests will lead to convictions and there will be enough evidence to tie Jemaah Islamiyah to the bombings or Al Qaeda or both.