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For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.Al-Qaeda is attempting to exploit the uncertainty about the cause of the recent electrical blackout that plunged 50 million people into medieval darkness.  In the London daily Al-Quds al-Arabi and on various radical websites, the claim is made that the Abu Hafs al-Misri Brigades hit two electrical generators that triggered the shutdown and caused an estimated $10 billion in losses. It is doubtful that terrorists had anything to do with the blackout.  What is of interest is that, as in the case of the World Trade Center attack, al-Qaeda said they were...