Reply #29: Yes, I read Cole's article [View All]

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First let me say that I have a great deal of respect for the man's knowledge and insight.

However, his claim is based on the assumption that the declaration of responsibility is in fact from the bombers. He has some good reasons for this, I suppose, but I'm not really convinced at this point. He is almost certainly right, however, that these attacks were not planned or coordinated by hard core al-Qaeda cadre asociated with bin Laden or Zawahiri. This is a small splinter or freelance al-Qaeda wannabe group at most, and set of deranged kids at worst.