Soccer Mom: Unplugged

Now there's a shocker...   (reuters)

Timing on this article hits me in a personal way as I had an interesting dialogue just today with a distant relative who suggested that the entire cartoon war was instigated by OBL or al-qaeda operatives as a sort of black psyop campaign to stir the smoldering embers of the muslim world.

He referred me to Bin Laden's terror manual, which provides an interesting view into the world of islamofascism and the detailed thought of terrorists who are clearly at war with us, whether or not we (as a society) want to acknowledge that fact.  The more recently revealed training manuals are like corporate human resource guides - and again, give insight to the depth and detailed nature of these groups, that we could call Terror, Inc.  Clearly, Al-Qaeda is a group that can run a PR operation.  Consider the cult of personality required to convince young people to kill themselves in an action, like a suicide bombing on an Isareali bus, that they know will ultimately have no impact on the movement they support.   

Is it possible that there is more to this story than meets the eye?  Is the cartoon war merely the outgrowth of anger and incitement over a few printed drawings or does this rabbit hole go much deper?  Are these people, capable of instigating worldwide riots, in positions of power greater than we had previously imagined?  Does their influence extend beyond the muslim world and into the publishing company that owns Jyllands-Postens?  Is there a covert terrorist operation behind the very believable cover story of the cartoon contest? 

Haven't got a clue - but true or not it would make a great episode of the X-files.