Apparently the Al Quaeda/Wahabbist faction bombed another compound in the Saudi capital tonight. Reports are there were few westerners at the site and the victims are mostly Arabs. Tragically many of those wounded killed may turn out to be children.
Likely the Saudi people will be reeling from this event more so than the first compound bombing. Did AQ make a mistake not knowing there were fellow Arabs there or is this a deliberate change in tactics? More interesting would be there reactions if in response to this event: i) Americans went out and danced in the streets like Arabs did after 9/11. ii) Held a fund raiser for the families of the suicide bombers martyred in the cause. Obviously I'm not advocating either actions, but my guess is that the Saudi government and more importantly the average citizen will start t realize that they are now harvesting the rows of Wahabbist corn sowed over the years. And all those years after bombing barracks, embassies, ships and they lectured us going after Bin Laden was just making him more popular in the "Arab Street". I could almost laugh out of the sheer irony of it all but then of course that would make me just like them.
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