Madrid figures out there's a Queda connection

Al Qaeda Implicated In Madrid Bombings

Spanish officials, who initially insisted on attributing the attacks to the Basque separatist group, ETA, have contacted security services across Europe and in the Arab world -- including in Morocco and Saudi Arabia -- in an attempt to understand how the plot was devised and executed without even a general warning from intelligence services that Islamic militants were about to strike in Spain.

Officials said they believed the group that carried out the bombing was composed of Islamic radicals, possibly including Saudi nationals, as well as other North Africans besides the arrested Moroccans. The operation included residents of Spain as well as operatives who entered the country specifically for the attacks, said officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

As soon as it is no longer an election issue, it's obvious it's not ETA. So if it were the Saudis again, how does this reflect on George W Bush, already in damage-control mode over a Socialist win? How does an Iraq invasion make Saudi Arabia safer, or better, the world safer from the Saudis?