US has flight numbers of specific hijack targets

NewsMax ^ | 12.23.03 | NBC

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U.S. Has Flight Numbers of Specific Hijack Targets

Intelligence gathered by Homeland Security and Defense Department officials that caused terror alert levels to be elevated on Sunday included specific airline flight numbers targeted for hijacking by al Qaeda as well as the names of airports involved in the plot.

"U.S. intelligence agencies had gathered detailed information about the plan, in which they said al Qaeda operatives would hijack foreign airliners and fly them into targets in the United States," reported NBC News late Tuesday. "In some instances, the intelligence is so detailed as to include specific flight numbers," the network said.

"Federal air marshals, who usually fly only on domestic flights, are now boarding international airlines into those airports," NBC revealed.

U.S. officials said the highly detailed intelligence includes the name of at least one East Coast airport : New Jersey's Newark International, where incoming flights are being closely watched.

In addition to large urban centers like New York and Los Angeles, al-Qaeda is also believed to be targeting Las Vegas, according to the network's sources. Las Vegas is the nation's No. 2 vacation destination and is scheduled to host a number of large conventions and trade shows beginning next month.

Surface-to-air missiles have been deployed by the Pentagon to many of the cities most likely to be targeted.

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Many (if not all) of the SAM's are Stingers mounted on vehicles. We saw what happened with the DHL A-300 when it was hit by an SA-7. The SA-7 is about as powerful as a Stinger. It damaged the wing but the pilot was able to return to the airport.

The best U.S. SAM for taking out an airliner would be the PAC-2 or PAC-3.

[tbird1]

Surely the towel heads know better than to make the Mafia
mad at them.
tbird1

[Ramius]

I don't think you have to worry.

That which needs to be secret is secret, that which does not or serves some other purpose is not. Disinformation serves a purpose as well. Stay tuned...

[GeronL]

Thats pretty specific!

[Azzurri]

I agree, although I doubt they have info on actual flight numbers. More likely, they want the terrorists to think we know the flight numbers and thus bail out of their plans.

[oceanview]

i am still trying to figure out what the disinformation of saddam's death in those 2 decapitation strikes was all about.

[WKB]

I heard Haley was moving to SD and run for Governor of Ca

[nhoward14]

The only way I see that being worthwhile is if we already know the identities of the AQ terrorists that would be involved so we could track them if they abort.

[ladyjane]

I suggested that on a recent thread. I was informed that the Mafia is no longer involved in Las Vegas. Sure.

[TruthConquers]

Some have been speculating that Al Queda is just testing us to see what we do. Maybe we are head-faking right back.

[MJY1288]

But wait a minute, Howard Dean and the 8 ducklings glued to his tail have been quacking to all of us that we are no better equipped to fight terrorism than we were on sept. 10th, 2001, and that America is no safer after:

1) Smashing the Taliban and destroying all the terror training camps in Afghanistan
2) Capturing over 2 thirds of the top Al-Qaeda Operatives
3) Jailing over 600 suspected terrorist here in the United States
4) Turning GITMO into Jihad Jailhouse
5) Removing Saddam from power, killing his evil Sons and exposing Saddam to the entire world for the coward he is
6) And convincing Libya's Ghadafi that dismantling his arsenal of Chemical, Bilogical and Nuclear programs is good for his heatlth.

[onyx]

I heard Haley was moving to SD and run for Governor of Ca

LOL! Can't be. I'm fixin to move to MS to be governed by him.

[Steel Wolf]

InterceptPoint is right. If the only information we have is that they want to hijack flights around a certain time, the best way to scare them off is to make them think that some part of their operation is compromised.

[Ramius]

i am still trying to figure out what the disinformation of saddam's death in those 2 decapitation strikes was all about.

What's to know? We missed. From some reports it was pretty close, but oh well.... we missed. What else is there to know?

[WKB]

LOL! Can't be. I'm fixin to move to MS to be governed by him.


Maybe yall will meet in Dallas

[oceanview]

it was more then that. the stories they leaked about the stretcher being taken from the bunker, the call for a russian doctor, etc.

[Sandy]

Settle down. The administration wouldn't be passing this info along if it wasn't supposed to be reported.

[Ciexyz]

Scary stuff. I'm hanging on Fox News to get the current spin.

[Alberta's Child]

Would you proceed with your plan to hijack Flight 317 if you believed that the FBI would be waiting for you. Methinks not. I think discouraging the al Queda by letting them know that they have been intercepted/infiltrated is the goal. The leak was on purpose.

Better yet -- notice that no particular flight numbers have been mentioned. So some Islamic knucklehead who intended to hijack Flight 317 will refrain from doing so even if the Feds really think the target is Flight 123.

[sarasmom]

No offence intended, but do please pick a viewpoint of the "media" and stick with it.
The idiots who broadcast the ravings of the likes of Peter Jennings are probably what is known as the "company mushrooms".
Fed in the dark on excrement.
Bad stuff may be happening in the near future.
If one heavily relies on the information provided by the "media", how will you ever know if it did or did not actually happen?
If you implicitly trusted the media, why are you here?
Just a thought...