[thinden]

from the link Shermy cited:

The THP Critical Response Team typically investigates fatal crashes. But what makes this case different is the THP has asked the FBI to step in. "We don't know exactly what we have," says Lieutenant Joe Nunn. The troopers admit they don't usually call the FBI, but "since September 11th, we do a lot of things we didn't used to do," Nunn said.

Investigators are looking at what they're calling a very strange fire. The car in that crash was not damaged very much when it hit the pole. Also, the gas tank and the engine did not catch fire, only the inside was burned.

this is right up there with the best of um! don't miss the video clip Shermy posted above.

[eno_]

I've seen a few car wrecks, and I have never seen one on fire, including a BMW that was folded in half after hitting a tree sideways at about Warp 5. It is passing strange that only the interior should catch fire.

It sounds a little paranoid, but we can reasonably assume Al Quaida has trained people in assasination. Also, if foreign governments' spy agencies are involved, we can also assume a high level of training for those people.

[tsomer]

My hookup is slow, so I didn't look at the video clip. Could someone post some JPEGs?

This is no suicide. Either the woman was killed, placed in the car and and doused with gas, or she and accomplices killed someone else, set up this tableau and flew.

The article sez it hit a telephone pole; any power, signal disruptions occur?

[mancini]

I'm having a heckuva time viewing that video clip. It's giving me problems in two different browsers. Will try later.

[MizSterious]

Can't do the video with my rube goldberg contraption of a computer, but good catch. On another thread, someone called it "Islama-cide"--since Arkancide might not be quite appropriate in this case.