Drukmefunk, I'm sorry, but that was one of the more ridiculous comments about living in the Middle East that I've ever heard. Yes, certainly, there are 'cowboy' electricians/plumbers/builders in the Middle East, but there are everywhere in the world. This sort of accident, tragic as it is, is not confined to the Middle East. It's an unfortunate fact of life that children die from domestic accidents all over the world. IMHO, health and safety legislation more serves to encourage a blame culture rather than actually prevent accidents, but that's for another thread.
In any case, this accident should be taken into the context of the general bringing-up of children in the ME: how many children in the Middle East were abducted, raped, tortured and murdered last year? Or the year before that? The overall atmosphere is a safe place to bring up children.
As for terrorism, State Department briefings are designed to protect the officials who write them from litigation, not citizens from terrorism. I remember one that said "If you see piles of burning tyres, do not approach them"..........personally I feel more scared of an anthrax attack on the Tube or a bomb in Harrods than I do of any terrorism in the Middle East.