I came to this thread late, read through the entire thing, and was waiting for someone to make that point. The other thing I have to say is that al Qaeda would be very very unwise to strike while Bush is still in office when they have a former madrassa attendee coming into office in only 15 days. If cabbies are actually going around saying such things, then it reminds me of the 5 flying imams, just another way for the muzzies to have a good laugh about the stupid infidels.
They fly planes into buildings and you expect wisdom from them?
Turn it around and please consider this; it would be the ultimate insult to the USA and President Bush to nail NYC just as his term expires and a muslim takes office to prevent further retaliation.