Today's Hoot!

From Spartacus:

I received an email this morning with a reader's reaction to the news of the latest Al Queda attack against Americans in Saudi Arabia. I found it very helpful:

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So I'm thinking, oh christ, what is going to happen to this poor guy now... are we going to be treated to another video beheading, or worse?

But then the next paragraph says this:

A purported al-Qaida statement posted on an Islamic Web site late Saturday claimed the terror group had killed one American and kidnapped another in Riyadh. It threatened to treat the captive as U.S. troops treated Iraqi prisoners.

Whew, what a relief!! So they're just going to point at his genitals and laugh, and take some photos of that? Or maybe put a hood on him and make him simulate sex acts? How unbelievably lucky for him.