Unattended bags in Belfast in 1970s and 80s were routinely blown up no questions asked. Mainly because they usually were explosive devices. The centre of the city at that time was devastated by IRA bombs. Unless you lived there, you can't imagine how awful it was, although strangely it became normalised and we just got on with it. But we were extremely vigilant.
Now, though, don't you think that it is the terrorists themselves who are the threat? Suicide bombers are almost impossible to spot and the rogue attackers are emerging in the most unexpected places.
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