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thalialuna was asking if there was any coverage of it here in the US. I hadn't brought it up mostly because none of you all had.*hugs the Aussies*. Sadly, I actually do have some sense of how you're feeling. Yes, it has been all over the news the past few days, lead story as a matter of fact. For this American, it was surprising to think that there is much dislike of you guys; you certainly don't have your fingers in as many weird pies as the US does.
If it is Al Quaeda, and I know there's some dispute about that, then this reminds me of something that happened back around the time of the bombing in Oklahoma City. The Unabomber was still active at that time, and Oklahoma City sort of stole his glory and his headlines for a while, and he got jealous and sent a few more mail bombs and then sent that infamous manifesto. I wonder if Al Quaeda was annoyed that the War on Iraq was stealing their thunder?
It's certainly true that no one has done anything about Al Quaeda. I think the Iraq thing is partially a diversion. How typical.
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Date: 2002-10-16 02:05 pm (UTC)It's most likely due to our intervention regarding East Timor a few years back. That caused a lot of bad will.
Or the place could have been attacked simply because it was a locus for foreigners. *shrugs*
And Iraq? Iraq is such a diversion for Bush right now. And he needs to keep it there, otherwise people might start asking why he didn't put more pressure on AQ.