T’was a cold and wintry evening in January 2002, in the quaint Welsh metropolis once known as Cardiff City. Women were sweeping their doorsteps; children huddled up near the fireplace, playing with their new toy soldiers and dolls, which Santa Claus had kindly brought them for Christmas. All was quiet. Church bells rang faintly in the distance. Cardiff, and the world were at peace, never even dreaming that their safe little world was teetering on the edge of total chaos.