New Terrorist Tactics

Bet this will get them far.

MEXICO CITY — An Internet message by an al-Qaida-affiliated group calling for terrorist attacks on U.S. oil suppliers — particularly Mexico, Canada and Venezuela — set off alarm bells here Wednesday as experts debated how seriously to take the threat.

Mexico ranks as the United States' second-largest oil supplier, behind Canada, while Venezuela is the fourth-largest. Mexico and Venezuela provide the largest tonnage of foreign oil to Houston and Texas Gulf Coast refineries.

"Cutting oil supplies to the United States, or at least curtailing it, would contribute to the ending of the American occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan," the group, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, said in its monthly Internet magazine, the Associated Press reported.

The group named Mexico, Canada and Venezuela as key targets.

Not sure how curtailing or cutting oil to the US from specific countries would help, especially since there are far more oil companies willing to bypass the source's desire and sell oil where they can make the money. And why would these countries stop. Venezuela already loathes the US but LOVES the money. They'd only hurt themselves by lowering the oil sold to the US. Not to mention, there are few other countries in the world that can process their crappy oil.

So, what will happen? I'm betting these countries up their protection of their oil assets and ignore the terrorists otherwise.