[rageaholic]

Padilla and Ried were both throw-aways. Ried was a borderline intelligence common criminal loser. They were probably anxious to be rid of him ASAP so they sent him on an ill-concieved bombing mission with fuze left damp from his sweaty feet. He got his ass kicked by an American stewardess.

Padilla was Khalid Mohammad's token betrayal in order to get his torture sessions lightened up. Apparently Padilla didn't impress him very much. Why send a high school dropout to perform a science project?

This means either these guys were a disposable "B" team sacrificed to keep the "A" team secret, or Al Kaida just can't find reliable help anymore.

I believe in the coming months run up to elections we'll know the answer.

[yoe]

...sort of like seeing just what our "fire power" is, just how tight our security is. The Iraqi people have a huge problem and those insisting that they take the reins in a few days are leaving those people exposed to more terrorism and a failure of democratic ideals.

[RasterMaster]

Al-Koolaida has "patsies" too....