A WARNING - AT 5:19 A.M. ET:  From AP:

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Al Qaeda's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people, including 24 children trapped in a bus leaving a day care center.

The Al Qaeda branch, known as the Islamic State of Iraq, said in a statement posted on the Internet late Monday that its "martyrs ... targeted the dens of infidelity."

Massive car bombs have been the hallmark of Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgents seeking to overthrow the country's Shiite-dominated government in Iraq.

COMMENT:  We are regularly told that Al Qaeda is really just a small organization, kind of like the Girl Scouts with suicide belts.  But the fact is that radical Islamic organizations are highly active, and are no doubt drawing comfort from the weakness projected by President Obama.  We had a right to expect that Obama would respond to this latest outrage with a statement of support for the Iraqi government and of defiance toward the terrorists. We're still waiting, just as we're waiting for the president's decision on truth strength in Afghanistan.  We seem to do a lot of waiting with this new deity.

October 27, 2009