AndICried, you are right, the intent was to cause fear but it was by intentionally murdering civilians that they accomplished this goal was my point. I phrased it poorly, their intent was to cause fear and their means of accomplishing that was to intentionally kill innocent people. I was writing fast yesterday, when placing those bombs, the group was probably thinking "Let's cause fear and panic in the supporters of the Great Satan" but where the bombs were placed the bombs belies their regard for human life. I mean murdering innocents as a means to an end should in itself be abhorrent to any and all civilized people.