[walkingdead]

"Whatever this situation turns out to be, we can't forget that AQ has trained for just these sort of individual attacks, including attacks on golf courses, of all the unlikely places."

Excellent point, you don't have to have tanks rolling through your town to be at war. AQ has trained for this type of thing, and this person(s) definately have the qualities of a trained sniper/marksman.

[Dead Dog]

The other things they have trained for involve the ritual execution of hostages. If they pulled that now, it give Bush massive support for Iraq. That would be counter productive. Those will start after we begin an overt campaign in Iraq.