Here's one other thought. Al Qaida may have screwed the poor of the world (specifically Africa). Due the protests, high profile protesters, and the publicity the G8 countries were almost ready to put the subject of poverty on the table for discussion (they might not have actually done anything, but that might have talked about it was progress of a sort). With the London bomings they were then freed up , politically speaking, to discuss terrorism (which is the only thing any of them WANTED to talk about anyway).

Stephen Lee