Alexander Downer is so lame. Australia's been threatened with 'pools of blood' and apparently it's the Philippines' fault. Way to be a foreign affairs wiz, dude. That's not completely ridiculous at all. My favourite part of this story, however, is this classic quote from Downer, our #1 go-between with the world, about the terrorist group making threats against us and Italy;

"This group isn't a group that we're familiar with but nevertheless, it's a threat, it's on the internet, we take it seriously".

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Gold.