[Fred Nerks]

Fourteen people were killed during the assault, including four women and three children, and at least eight others wounded, local residents said.

al qaida's last ghasp in Iraq - killing women and children.

[knarf]

Proof that they read our media.

They saw civvie deaths were down and they were on their way out, so they decided to kill a few to let us know they were still in operation.

I like it when the enemy lights a cigarette.

[wtc911]

Not a last gasp, this is a long standing tactic of AQ in Iraq. Our military call it M&I - Murder and Intimidation.