You can add to this the news that Kenneth Bigley has also now been murdered.

OK, so the day after I criticize TAPPED and declare the intifada over, somebody bombs the Hilton in Taba and another TAPPED writer gets it right about the intifada: it's the wall and the raids.

Needless to say, whoever was behind the attacks is either trying to scuttle the pullout, show that they can still kill Israelis, or make it harder for Sharon to claim that he's pulling out because he wants to, not because terrorism has been successful.

"whoever was behind the attacks is either trying to ..." to add to your list: trying to give Sharon more reason to GPS Palestinians. While many Westerners are sensitive to the notion of unintended consequences, I suspect the avg jihadi/inifadist is somewhat less sensitive in this regard.

what? Everything's going great isn't it? I mean, that's what the president told me.