Swamp Thing:
I disagree. How can the attack have been the final nail when in fact the day before the attacks the PP had a more than healthy lead? The PP didnt really lose that many votes, but if you reckon that the attack had nothing to do, you are not paying attention to the millions of voters that didnt bother on the past election. I admit that they had put themselves (PP) in ann awkard situation, but the attack influenced vote enormously.
The group which has claimed a ceasefire is not yet recognised as being behind the attack, since Al Qaeda has also taken credit for the attack (the ones you mention are ABu HAfs El Asri or something like that) ANyways, no one, absolutely no one cares what that letter says. No government is going to start supporting fundamentalism, so I cant see their 'ceasefire' as having any real value.