[caa26]

A powerful truck/car bomb into an apartment, office building or hotel would generate maximum terror. But the backlash against Muslim/Arabs would be more than Al Qaeda ever bargained before.

Could be Al Qaeda has nothing in the works for the USA, but is just attempting to rattle nerves & put the government/law enforcement into overdrive.

[monkeywrench]

But the backlash against Muslim/Arabs would be more than Al Qaeda ever bargained before.

Alqueda wants to galvanize all of islam into a holy war against Christians and Jews. Any "backlash" would suit their purposes just fine.