Reply #1: I'm surprised they haven't set up back to back bombings within

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the same attack site. You know, having one bomber blow himself up and then have a second blow himself up in the midst of the rescue ops.

The whole notion of terrorists is to strike terror into the hearts of their victims - a second suicide bomber within minutes of the first would surely do that.

The problem with the military is that they're not trained to deal with terrorists. There was a intelligence program right after the bombing of the Cole where several smart guys were told to behave like terrorists and go after the military. Their first incursion captured a Navy Admiral. Two days after they released him they captured him again.

It took about five minutes after his release for the government to shut down the operation.

The teams' leader said it was embarrasing for the military and wouldn't look good in international press for this exercise to continue. As a result, it requires a first hand assualt on a mess hall to learn anything from your mistakes.