[billorites]

"This is the basis for signs of state sponsorship," said one official.

OK. The President has my permission.

[The Raven]

Good Lord, an Iraqi swan song.

Bin Laden and Iraq must have contemplated the odds of US reprisals.

We must assume they have a second shoe to drop as well.

Since Iraq is "bottled up" by our forces with nowhere to hide - Saddam must have something really ugly up his sleeve.

This must be the reason the US is not officially proclaiming the Iraqi connection.