Restraint and Compassion?

Kathryn Lopez and Jonah Goldberg note the obscene claims of al Qaeda:

RESTRAINT AND COMPASSION [Kathryn Jean Lopez] Maybe we're supposed to thank them for not attacking Los Angeles and Melbourne already? That was the restraint and compassion? It's a bit relative when dealing with terrorists I suppose. At least in their eyes. WHAT DID I MISS? [Jonah Goldberg] That al Qaeda communiqué:

"Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne, Allah willing. And this time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint or compassion," the tape warns. "We are Muslims. We love peace, but peace on our terms, peace as laid down by Islam, not the so-called peace of occupiers and dictators."

Ummm: when exactly did al Qaeda demonstrate "restraint or compassion"?

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