[dr_who_2]

Perhaps. A pity they weren't apprehended so that we'd know for sure. I guess if they were Al Qaeda, they figured that a Yemen-style bombing would have been unimpressive or rather old hat by now. They did a lousy job trying to take over the ship, that's for certain. It is interesting that Al Qaeda hasn't tried to set up another big, protracted hostage crisis. Of course, they probably can't.

I think the thing to be learned about Al Qaeda's doings right now is that they're running out of new ways to terrorize people. If they keep trying the same attacks, governments eventually learn how to find them and stop them. The public also gets desensitized, especially as the terrorists run out of big targets that are close to the U.S. As far as hostage taking goes, Iran tried it and it worked, Saddam tried it and it didn't work, and the insurgents tried it and it didn't work.

They may yet find another way to kill thousands of Americans at once and make us more frightened and angry, but it isn't clear what they stand to gain by it.

[FairOpinion]

BREAKING:

FoxNews just stated that the terror warning that Australia mentioned recently, INCLUDED AL QAEDA ATTACKS ON SHIPS OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA!!!!!!!!