As if the attacks on Ronald McDonald weren't enough, I now see that the angry mobs have turned their wrath towards Kentucky Fried Chicken.

As I try to leave no stones unturned in my quest for answers, I wondered whether Colonel Sanders might have done something to offend Islam.

While I could find no connection between him and the cartoons, I discovered that in Pakistan, Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets tend to be blamed for anything that certain people don't like. (Except I don't think "blamed" is really the right word....)

On May 31, 2005, an angry mob sacked and burned another Pakistani KFC outlet, and burned six Pakistani employees alive. Reason? "A suicide attack on a Shia mosque" by Sunni Muslims:

The fast-food restaurant was targeted in overnight rioting after Monday's attack on the Madinatul Ilm Imambargah mosque. Three assailants clashed with police at the mosque before exploding a bomb which killed two attackers, two policemen, one worshipper and wounded 26.

Four of the victims at the restaurant were burned to death while the two others died after taking refuge in a refrigeration unit, senior police official Manzoor Mughal said. The six bodies were recovered this morning, bringing the overall death toll in the southern port city to 11, he said.

Sunni Muslim extremists were suspected in the mosque attack, and it was unclear why KFC was targeted in retaliatory rioting, which included arson attacks on vehicles, shops, three bank branches and three petrol stations.

However, the restaurant is heavily associated with the US and rioters in Pakistan have been known to attack American symbols.

Rauf Siddiqui, interior minister of southern Sindh province, said the explosions were linked to a nationwide strike called by opposition parties on Friday, but the opposition denied any involvement.

"We have very strong suspicions that the blasts were in connection with the opposition strike call," Siddiqui told AFP, adding that no one had been arrested yet in connection with the attacks.

"Eight people were injured, mainly by flying glass," Siddiqui said.

What about the reason? Does this guy look like he needs a reason?

Satire like the last post aside, the companies that are targeted aren't the real targets, and the "reasons" they're targeted aren't the real reasons.

Sure, the cartoons are the pretext right now.

But there's a big difference between a pretext and a reason.

In my opinion, having the West blame the months-old cartoons of Muhammad is exactly what the enemy wants to accomplish right now. The West would be very foolish to fall for it.