In an ideal world, I’d have something witty to say right about now. But I don’t, so:

[insert your best anti-Osama crack here].

Once again acknowledging its presence in Iraq, Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the murders of two more diplomats:

Al Qaeda in Iraq says it has killed two Algerian diplomats kidnapped last week, according to a website statement.

The statement was posted on a site often used by the group led by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al Zarqawi.

It said: “The head of the Algerian mission Ali Belaroussi and the diplomat Azzedine Belkadi, whose government is ruling in violation of God’s will, were killed.”

It claimed the envoys had been killed because of the Algerian government’s repression of Muslims in their north African country.

“We won’t forget what Algeria did to Muslims, by killings, destruction and spilling their blood,” it said. (Source: Sky News)

Meanwhile, the al Qaeda-backed Iraqi insurgence has killed twelve Muslim factory laborers just trying to get home from work.

Terrorists are back at it, setting off 4 more bombs targeting commuters.

“We know that we have four explosions or attempts of explosions, and it is still pretty unclear as to what has happened,”‘ Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair said outside Scotland Yard.

“At the moment the casualty numbers appear to be very low…the bombs appear to be smaller” than those detonated July 7, he said. (Source: Guardian).

Frankly, it sounds like a copy-cat incident.

There’s up-to-the-minute coverage at Command Post.

The FBI has added the names of 10 more Chinese nationals to the list of “persons of interest” believed to be connected to a dirty bomb attack that allegedly targets Boston.

Two law enforcement officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, said the names were part of the same anonymous tip that led authorities on Wednesday to announce that they are seeking to question four other Chinese and two Iraqis.

The officials said the tip remains uncorroborated and there is no credible evidence that such a plot exists.

It was unclear why all the names were not announced at the same time. The officials said there was no new information that led to the addition of the 10 names.

Federal authorities say they are no more worried now than they were later.

Still, I have to wonder if any of these 10 names were connected to the Chinese stowaways found in a cargo ship at the Port of Los Angeles last week. Or is that just a coincidence?

Maybe Europeans aren’t paranoid after all. Maybe we really are out to get them. Or, maybe we’ll just wait and let them do themselves in. It’ll only take 15 years or so, according to the CIA.

Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman – believed to be the mastermind behind the first WTC attacks – has been in U.S. custody since 1997, when his followers pledged to kill then-President Clinton if the Shiek became ill while in prison. Now, it seems, the Sheik wants them to make good on their pledge.

Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, who is currently serving a life sentence, has reportedly stopped taking his insulin medicine and started eating M&Ms to make his diabetes worse. The blind cleric has apparently been upset about not getting the specific brand of tea he likes in prison.

Once a terrorist, always a terrorist, it seems. Personally, I hope the prison staff hold firm. No negotiations.

No tea for terrorists!