[marshmallow]

All the markings of Muslim terrorists.

I'm skeptical.

Two improvised devices in trash cans? Not normal Al Qaeda MO.

Serious jihadists like to go off with the bomb. They're called "martyrdom operations". Likewise, nails and ball bearings are way too low tech for Al Qaeda unless this is the junior division. They like serious explosive which causes serious human and collateral damage. if this was Al Qaeda, the whole block would be in ruins.

My money is on a Ted Kaczinski/Tim McVeigh type.

[saleman]

“My money is on a Ted Kaczinski/Tim McVeigh type.”

Um, McVeigh, all by himself I might add /s destroyed a huge Federal building.

This looked like to me to be about the same explosion as a small IED used with much success in the Middle East. Most decidedly low tech.

[Charles Martel]

Serious jihadists like to go off with the bomb. They're called "martyrdom operations". Likewise, nails and ball bearings are way too low tech for Al Qaeda unless this is the junior division. They like serious explosive which causes serious human and collateral damage. if this was Al Qaeda, the whole block would be in ruins.

Look at all the bus bombings and such in Israel - this is very similar to what the PLO types have done there for decades. Al Qaeda does typically think "bigger", but there's a lot of mayhem in that part of the world that doesn't include the martyrdom factor.