[Godzilla]

I've seen lots of examples of overeactions to accidents and incidents here. And I view EOM as an amusing side show at best. But when Bin Laden himself goes on the record saying he views it as his duty to obtain nuclear weapons, I find that disconcerting.

I agree. EOM could be anyone/anything at this stage of the game. Terror doesn't need to be actual physical, but is psychological.

[hotrod45]

right, i just think there's enough out there that's scary enough without saying things like "AQ said" when it's really "EOM said" or the like.

the world is scary enough that i absolutely DON'T need to open up this thread and see "oh god, they attacked a city" in relation to a tanker accident and have to spend ten minutes sorting out that, in fact, "they" didn't "attack" anything.

please, people, exercise a teeny tiny bit of judiciousness in posts.

[milkncookies]

"Terror doesn't need to be actual physical, but is psychological."

You might want to save that one for a future tagline. The terrorists are extremely cognizant of that fact. They are also of the very strong belief that terrorism, physical or psychological, has a "cleansing" effect on infidels.
In other words, "It's a good thing."