Maybe it's the IRA?

What's Osama's email address?

The correct spelling is, All Sea You En Tea's.

It's a guttural 'q' voiced in the back of the throat, that's why there's no 'u' after the 'q'. Several languages have it; we don't. And I said: Much to our horror, it turned out to be one of our home-grown instead. Spookily accurate, me. I'd feel smugly pleased, if it weren't such a horrible thing...

contact details here.

What probably angers me most about all this, is that it's been all so predictable! [%sig%]

that's bollocks it doesn't have the m.o of the ira, it has all the makings of al-queda... no warnings, you're making the same mistake as the spanish government did after the madrid bombings, they initially blamed eta and it was conclusively proved that it was al-queda linked

fatalky's right, though. We have to be careful about making assumptions. In 1995 when the federal building in Oklahoma was bombed to smithereens, everyone was -quite- certain it was an Islamic organisation. Much to our horror, it turned out to be one of our home-grown instead.

Maybe it's anti-globalisation anarchists, though it's a bit of a step up from kicking in Starbucks.

Mart is right. It's sooo not the ira.

I was being facetious. It's one of my attributes.

The "Al Qaida" MO is also very media focused, hence the need to do things at the start of the news day to get max coverage. And also the need to blow up a bus above ground which will give the media something to show while the underground tunnels are closed to cameras (and show, and show and show). I have to say though, I don't subscribe to the idea of Al Qaida as a massive membership organisation with OBL at its head and lots of splinter cells all over the world. I believe Al Qaida did all it had to in the 9/11 attacks and extremists the world over followed suit of their own accord, easily recruiting more and more converts as our esteemed leaders fucked up again and again. As I said on the other thread, Bin Bag is probably sitting in his cave shaking his head and marvelling at his own success.

Isn't there some evidence that the bomb that blew up the bus was meant for somewhere else?

IRA...and there was me thinking it was the chuckle brothers

I think Al Queada has become a sort of cover-all term for lots of different groups working with similar ends... It was strange to see Bush say all that stuff about how dispicable yesterday was considering world leaders were meeting to reduce poverty in Africa and make the environment cleaner (Hey George - you're the one who's holding back on those blimmin' measures matey) Any kind of attack on innocent people is not a good thing. Whether I'd use the words 'evil' is another thing altogether. The scary thing about the human condition is that most people believe they are 'right' no matter what side they are on. Not many people, I bet, think, 'Ha ha ha, I'm going to kill people for the fun of it!'... I actually quite liked David Davies' speach yesterday (yikes) - he was clear to point out that some of the purpose was to divide our communities further. Fear of 'the other' goes back to the routes of civilisation - but I do dream that one day all people will realise that we are not separate, but all part of the same thing, and just as I can feel sad/angry/happy/afraid, so can every other single human being on the planet. We have so much in common, but can't see it. Funny old world.

I reserve opinion. Until opinion is informed by fact.

The 30 was diverted but whether or not that's relevant has not been established

I personally don't think it was the IRA, but I have to say I don't think it was Al Quaida either, at least not in the way it is sold to us. From what I gathered, Al Quaida was far from being as organised, connected and funded etc., even at the time of the 9/11 attacks, as the polititians subsequently tried to make us believe. It's used as a lowest common denominator aimed to give an elusive enemy a face and a name in order for middle America and middle England to know what to aim for and support the "War on Terror". Yes, there have been islamic fundamentalist attacks before, but since the beginning of the Iraq war at the latest scores of moderate muslims, not only in the middle east, have been pushed into corners and radicalised within a few years. Whether religiously, ideologically or in terms of pride, or whether it comes down to the fact that the Iraqi people are faced with an average of 60 attacks on a daily basis country-wide (according to the BBC), there are by now enough people feeling humiliated and hurt and buying into hatred and radicalism within the blink of an eye. They don't need Al Quaida to do that; they're making their own connections following Bin Laden's message and spreading like metastasis from a cancer cell - and I'm sure old Bin Bag will be sitting in his cave rubbing his hands with a big grin at the armies of new subscribers to his "path" that we have driven into his hands. As for the "War on Terror" - of course it doesn't work! Since 9/11 we had Bali, Casablanca, Istanbul, Madrid and now London, not to mention what's going on in the hotbed of international terrorism that is Iraq these days (they just executed the Egyptian ambassador there yesterday, btw.), and tragically it is most likely that this will go on and on. But then again, I don't think the "War on Terror" was necessarily meant to work (unless those polititians are REALLY stupid!), rather than give our governments the moral highground and the backing of its electorate in order to stay in power and do as they please. [%sig%]

The thing that really is troubling me is - what's the correct spelling for Al Qaeda. Is it Al Qaeda or Al Qaida as I've seen it spelt today. And why is there no U after the Q? I can't sleep worrying about this. Can we contact Osama Bin Bommin' and ask him? [%sig%]

Was wondering about the spelling as well. When I was watching the news coverage yesterday I noticed the spelling of the thing was all over the place. Even at the BBC they had several different versions... [%sig%]