I’m still wondering what the payoff is for the terrorists here. They could have killed the same number of people with a few bombs, if they were just going for casualties. They must have know the military would get involved, but I think it unlikely they went to all that trouble and planning just to end it in a firefight.
I have a strange feeling this is either a cover or a trigger, but not the terminal objective.
“I’m still wondering what the payoff is for the terrorists here.”
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OPINION:
Terrorism.
The terrorists made one primary point by this attack and it is:
No country is too big for us to attack — any place — any where.
Global jihad — another day.