Don't forget - the one whom Al Qaida want to see back in the White House is probably Bush. Which it seems likely that any pre-election terror strike in the USA will be aimed at helping him win.

In the words of CIA officer Michael Scheuer (according to the Christian Science Monitor): "I'm very sure they can't have a better administration for them than the one they have now," he said. "One way to keep the Republicans in power is to mount an attack that would rally the country around the president."