You are probably on to something. Do you remember reports that most of the 19 bombers of WTC did not know they were on a suicide mission? Can't remember where I heard that, but it makes sense. 19 wanting to commit suicide together is a lot, it seems.
by David Rose
The Observer
October 14, 2001
FBI investigators have officially concluded that 11 of the 19 terrorists who hijacked the aircraft on September 11 did not know they were on a suicide mission, intelligence sources in London said last night.
Unlike the eight “lead” attackers, who were all trained pilots, they did not leave messages for friends and family indicating they knew their lives were over. None of them had copies of the instructions for prayer and contemplation on the eve of the attacks and for “opening your chest to God” at the moment of immolation, which FBI agents discovered in the luggage of Mohamed Atta, the man believed to be the hijackers’ leader, who flew the first plane to destruction in New York.
It is understood the FBI has found evidence suggesting the 11 men expected to take part in “conventional” hijackings — with the planes flown to distant airports, and the passengers and crew taken hostage while the hijackers presented demands. Items found among the 11 men’s possessions suggest they had been preparing themselves for incarceration. One source said: “It looks as if they expected they might be going to prison, not paradise.”
Atta’s final instructions, with their pleas for divine forgiveness, indicate that even the most fanatical fundamentalist had to make considerable psychological preparations before setting off to cause thousands of civilian deaths. Selecting those ready to carry out such a mission would not have been easy. By keeping a majority of the hijackers in the dark as to their real purpose, these problems were avoided, the sources said.
Looking around the world, it doesn't seem to me there is a shortage of idiot suicide bombers anxiously awaiting their 72 virgins. Are there any intelligent Muslims out there?