Posted on 06/10/2009 5:11:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Two passengers with names linked to Islamic terrorism were on board the Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 on board, it has emerged.
French secret servicemen established the connection while working through the list of those who boarded the doomed Airbus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 31.
Agents are now trying to establish dates of birth for the two dead passengers, and family connections.
There is a possibility that the name similarities are simply a "macabre coincidence," the source added, but the revelation is still being "taken very seriously."
A source working for the French security services told Paris weekly L’Express that the link was "highly significant."
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Anyone who didn’t rule out terrorism was excoriated, ridiculed and oftentimes insulted by these people.
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Amen to that - I was one of many on the receiving end!!
I get so irritated every time I hear, after some significant and tragic event, that there is no evidence to point to terrorism (or words to that effect).
The statement is political, not factual. It is meant, I guess, to keep the sheeple in in the flock and not panicking. Nanny state stuff.
THERE IS NO WAY, IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE AFTERMATH OF THESE TRAGEDIES, THAT THEY CAN RULE TERRORISM OUT!
After all, sabotage can manifest itself as a catastrophic malfunction.
They were scheduled to be on that conference call with Hitlery Clinton.
If it was terrorism, why hasn’t anyone claimed credit yet? Two people don’t act alone in something like this. They would have been backed by a group who would want to claim credit.
Those crazy Amish again?
If it was terrorism, why are there no claims of responsibility by whatever group may have done it? What would be the point if nobody ever found out it was done on purpose?
It sure is suspicious that these guys were on the plane.
It takes our State Police longer to determine the root cause of a fatality car accident, that it does for the release of the cause of the airline crash statement by the powers that be. We could save a lot of time and money by having the FAA investigate car accidents.
And anybody who didn't firmly declare definitively that terrorism was the cause received the same treatment from the other side.
People get goofy on the internet.
I've said all along that we don't know enough yet. This news gives the bar a good shove towards terrorism, but we'll need to know more about the "connections." I would imagine any random sampling of 220 passengers on an international Air France flight might ring one or two bells.
The black boxes, bomb residue, firm terrorist connections, or some video tape proof (goodbye videos from the bombers or such) from al Qaeda would seal the deal.
Really? I didn't see one example of anyone being attacked for merely suggesting that it could be something other than terrorism.
You suggested that very thing... actually you went further and suggested it probably wasn't terrorism. Some of us disagreed with your assessment, given that there was no evidence of anything yet, but you certainly weren't attacked.
Norman Mineta would tell you that profiling passengers doesn’t help.
“If it was terrorism, why hasn’t anyone claimed credit yet? “
Terrorists don’t always “take credit”. To do so exposes the terror group to the risk of discovery, since the communications links will be investigated.
Also, they may get more mileage, spread more fear and confusion, if they don’t.
There are at least a hundred long threads here on FR that would be cut back to 50 posts if it was clear that terrorism was involved, and 40 of those posts would say “Itolyaso!”
Remember, steel can’t be melted by fire.
The telephone pole lost control, but was definitely not a terrorist, though speed may have been a factor.
The long skid marks leading up to teh wrecked car’s tires may have presented a slippery surface, causing the power steering unit to lose tracking.
The very severe thunderstorm is debatable.
I put together a list of unclaimed airline bombings on another thread. It's not at all unusual for them to not claim responsibility for attacks.
If this had been perpetrated by terrorists, why has no one taken “credit” yet?
I sure hope I'm wrong.
could the pilots have been involved?
The perplexing question that remains to me, is the fact that other planes in the area, did not end up the same way.
autopilot was engaged and manual pilot intervention replaced it.
how did they make such a bad mistake?
are we talking about passengers only?
what about ground crew, could they have sabotaged things?
terrorism doesn’t just mean a bomb you know..
Interesting. I guess I’ll never understand their mindset. What would be the poing of nobody knowing who did it and why?
“There is a possibility that the name similarities are simply a “macabre coincidence,””
Macabre coincidence? As if there aren’t 100 million Mohammeds and Achmeds.
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