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You make an excellent point laz. They WANT the attention - that's why they finally did 9/11 - attacks against the military weren't enough.

At this point the leaders of AQ are probably focusing attention on Iraq and how to achieve control over it after the US leaves - per the letter intercepted. But that doesn't mean that the cells in the US are not plotting future attacks. I think the cell in Norman will be even more active considering what kind of response this latest episode has gotten. I mean - they didn't even interrogate these people.

A little Off-Topic:
Another thing that strikes me as somewhat unbelievable is because you KNOW if it were drugs and not explosives found the DEA would be ALL over EVERYONE even remotely associated with Hinrichs - charging or attempting to charge them with all kinds of conspiracy charges in order to get people to talk.

Maybe some of the DEA Agents should be transferred to fighting terrorism!!! IMHO they are better trained than these FBI guys, they've got the tools to protect themselves against these terrorists, and they could use their expertise in undercover ops and such to bust these cells wide open... THAT would be a better use of our tax dollars at this point, IMHO.

At this point the leaders of AQ are probably focusing attention on Iraq and how to achieve control over it after the US leaves - per the letter intercepted. But that doesn't mean that the cells in the US are not plotting future attacks.

If I were AQ, I wouldn't concentrate all my energy and effort into fighting the US in Iraq. I'd try to carry out a rash of localized domestic attacks in the US so that the anti-war movement could claim that our presense in Iraq is backfiring and inciting domestic terrorism. You and I both know that normal people would only be enraged by such attacks and would support the war being escalated. But I think it's a safe bet that liberals would vent their rage at Bush instead of the terrorists, and demand that we withdraw.

So if I were AQ, I'd deploy my best operatives in Iraq to continue harrassing the coalition there, and at the same time, I'd employ domestic recruits in the US to carry out enough small attacks to increase liberal whining and erode support for the war. AQ knows they have many friends here -- in Congress, in the MSM, in academia, in Hollywood -- that would exploit such attacks in accordance with their agenda.