Wait, how does this game work?

Surely it was our invasion of Iraq that made us more vulnrable to terrorists. That explains terrorist plots against us. And England. And Spain. And Germany.

Oh, wait, about that last one . . .

BERLIN - A Lebanese student suspected of planting a train bomb that failed to explode had contacts in Hamburg, authorities said Tuesday, the latest link to the northern port city where three of the Sept. 11 suicide pilots prepared for their attacks.

Then, this:

The planned attack here stunned Germans who thought the country's vehement opposition to the Iraq war would insulate it from becoming a terror target almost five years after the attacks on Washington and New York.

Two points:

1. Yeah, go figure.

2. Not once does anyone quoted in the article express a sentiment within ten miles of the one the article makes a point of citing.

One must conclude that the author simply made the second passage up.