Why, if bin Laden was capable of masterminding and executing the single-most spectacular military strike in aviation history, 9-11, involving four simultaneously hijacked planes and slamming them into the financial capital of the world and the impregnable Pentagon, has he now resorted to killing a bunch of expats in Riyadh, with a truck bomb? Isn't that a bit of a come-down for al Qaeda... why not target the White House if they are so calculating? However, as usual, no-one significant or in a position of authority was targeted, they couldn't even wait one more day till Colin Powell arrived.

The ghost of Osama has been resurrected, as it will at intervals, to "demonstrate the continued nature of the threat to the whole world from extremist terrorism" (quote; Jack Straw) no doubt Hussein will make a come-back too at some point, rattling his sabre on cue! But the carnage in Saudi Arabia is identical to the Bali bombing, for which a car mechanic who confessed under torture, is now on trial and the object of hatred in Indonesia, they must have an individual hate-figure to vent their spleen at.

Odious Lord Bush said in Indianapolis, followed by rapturous applause; "These despicable acts were committed by killers whose only faith is hate, and the United States will find the killers and they will learn the meaning of American justice," (like Afghanistan and Iraq.) "The war on terror continues" - because Camp X-Ray needs more inmates. How much more of this unbridled barbarism and horror must we stomach?