Yeah, that's true - one thing I'd love to do is to prove a link between AQ and the IRA, I'm convinced there is because the IRA are a massive international terrorist group - I believe it rivals the AQ network in size.
I'd have to wrack my brain and research it (don't have time to do it now), but I remember 2 or more years ago (and I believe it was Ireland) a suicider blew up prematurely. It seemed to me at the time (speculation) that there might have been a suggestion of a jihad connection.