I Know, I Know: "They Hate Us for our Freedoms"

From CNN:

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan -- At least three people were killed and several others wounded in explosion near the U.S. and Israeli embassies as well as at the state prosecutor's office the Uzbek capital of Tashkent.

A group calling itself the Islamic Jihad Group in Uzbekistan claimed responsibility for the attacks. The claim was made in a statement posted to an Islamic Web site linked to al Qaeda.

Two people -- described as Uzbek security guards -- were killed Friday in an explosion at the entrance of the Israeli Embassy, an embassy official said.

"We still don't know if it was a bomb or a suicide bomber and two local workers were killed," Ambassador Zvi Cohen said on Israel Radio.