Index: src/core.js
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--- src/core.js	(revision 4527)
+++ src/core.js	(working copy)
@@ -494,19 +494,26 @@
 			if ( table && jQuery.nodeName( this, "table" ) && jQuery.nodeName( elems[0], "tr" ) )
 				obj = this.getElementsByTagName("tbody")[0] || this.appendChild( this.ownerDocument.createElement("tbody") );
 
-			var scripts = jQuery( [] );
+			function inDom(elem) {
+				while (elem.parentNode && elem.parentNode != document)
+					elem = elem.parentNode;
+				return elem.parentNode;
+			}
 
+			var scripts = jQuery( [] ),
+				targetInDom = inDom( obj );
+
 			jQuery.each(elems, function(){
-				var elem = clone ?
-					jQuery( this ).clone( true )[0] :
-					this;
+				var elem = clone ? jQuery( this ).clone( true )[0] : this, 
+					// eval scripts only if they are outside the dom being placed in it
+					addScripts = targetInDom && !inDom( elem );
 
 				// execute all scripts after the elements have been injected
-				if ( jQuery.nodeName( elem, "script" ) ) {
+				if ( addScripts && jQuery.nodeName( elem, "script" ) ) {
 					scripts = scripts.add( elem );
 				} else {
 					// Remove any inner scripts for later evaluation
-					if ( elem.nodeType == 1 )
+					if ( addScripts && elem.nodeType == 1 )
 						scripts = scripts.add( jQuery( "script", elem ).remove() );
 
 					// Inject the elements into the document