(2003-11-10) -- Since Saturday's devastating bombings at a housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, experts now believe that ordinary Muslims may be the hidden cause of terror attacks.

Many of the same experts had believed that American cultural imperialism and arrogance causes deadly strikes by fundamentalist Muslims. But Saturday's bombings hit a residential area populated largely by citizens of 25 Arab nations. So, the latest theory suggests that Islamic militants are motivated by the steady "drip, drip, drip" of ordinary Muslims going to work, attending worship, playing with their children, breathing in and out.

"The first question that came to mind after the attacks was 'Why do the terrorists hate ordinary Muslims so much?'," said one unnamed expert from the Institute for the Discussion of Islamic Organized Terror. "If we can answer that question, perhaps we can soothe the rage that consumes these peace-loving religious devotees and turns them into martyrs. After all, they must have a good political or moral reason for blowing themselves up."