I am afraid I have to disagree with you (OWfan). Of course, these attacks are related to Iraq and Afghanistan. These islamoclowns scored a victory in Spain with the same tactics. That caused us to lose an ally. GB is our biggest ally and the WOT is not popular there, so perhaps a little nudge could push Blair out?
Are you surprised that there has been no attack in Ottawa? I'm not. That doesn't mean they won't try it some day, but why waste your limited resources on an attack that would have little political play? I would be worried in Warsaw, Copenhagen and Sofia right now (BTW the Bulgarians have their own home grown islamowackos to worry about), and of course, Rome.
The surprise is that the attack was not larger. It now has the possibility to boomerang on the islamowackos. I wonder where those 2 unexploded bombs were? Cold feet or bad technology? It's hard to believe the latter. Perhaps they were surprised when attempting to plant them.
Are these guys going to plant a bomb in Delhi, or Beijing or Rio de Janeiro or Capetown or Djkarta? No way - what would those get them. So far Chirac has bought quiet in Paris, by sucking up to them, if I were him I'd be getting real nervous. The French just have too many muslims with a history. Paying blackmail does not work in the long run.
You are ascribing reason to these murderers, furball. They kill because they hate freedom and western culture, not because it makes sense.