Why do I have the feeling that these type of things are gonna start happening a lot more frequently in the near future :(

Two grenades explode outside British Consulate in New York
Streets closed outside Chicago's British consulate

May 5, 2005 — Two small makeshift grenades exploded outside the British Consulate early Thursday, causing slight damage to the building but injuring no one, officials said.
The blasts occurred at 3:50 a.m. as voters were going to the polls in Britain. In London, Britain's Foreign Office said there were no provisions for Britons to vote at overseas consulates.

Police spokesman Noel Waters said the grenades had been placed inside a cement flower box outside the front door of the midtown Manhattan building that houses the consulate.

After piecing together the shrapnel, police determined the devices were toy grenades that had been filled with gunpowder. Officers estimated that one was the size of a pineapple; the other the size of a lemon.

The blasts shattered a panel of glass in the building's front door and ripped a one-foot chunk from the planter. The department's bomb squad was at the scene and streets were closed in the area.

The building has retail shops on the lower level.

Britain's national elections have been dominated by anger with Prime Minister Tony Blair's support for the Iraq war. <end>

Heres the link: http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/050505_ap_ns_consulate.html

no chance of it being a disgruntled gardener then? ;)

It is uncertain at this time who or what the target really was. Perhaps someone was angry at one of the businesses on the first floor. The method described for producing the "grenades" is so low tech that a teen ager could have done it. Remember that when the Oklahoma City bombing first happened the initial reports suggested Arab terrorists. Likewise when the Olympics in Atlanta were bombed. Better to wait and see what the facts are.

This certainly doesn't seem like an attack by al Qaeda or any organized terrorist group. An al Qaeda attack would likely be more sophisticated and deadly. I'd speculate that this was just the work of some angry kid who can't get a girlfriend.