Suspects revealed al-Qaeda plot to blow up aircraft

The Times (UK) ^ | 1/03/04 | Daniel McGrory and Stewart Tendler

[hollywood]

Make them eat a strip of bacon. Those who refuse, walk.

[Squantos]

Dunno.......seems that crashing em into the ocean with IED's or not would'nt get em the mileage that an attack on a major city did with the likes of 9-11. I think they'll try to do much better, being smarter and trying to get much more bang for their slowly diminishing time and money.

Just my opinion of course. but I think they are in a use it or lose it mode as they know its only a matter of time before UBL is captured or they are all caught and hung.

Stay safe .......mind yer knot !

[blam]

"I wonder what Jesus looked like..."

Probably more like Paul Newman than a middle easterner of today.

[Sacajaweau]

As I'm watching this, I have the feeling that something else is going on somewhere else and the media either has agreed to be silent or they don't know sh**.

[blam]

I'll bet they don't know xxxx!

[Travis McGee]

A "Bojinka" op with 10-20 747s getting blown up in midflight in a TOT attack would do the trick. It would shut down our aviation industry, and our economy.

[Squantos]

Ya think this BA BS is valid ?.......Pile-its normally don't whine about such crap.

[BJungNan]

You are going to let the oil tankers out aren't you?

You know, that is one minor flaw in the system. Any suggestions?

[Travis McGee]

Who knows? Maybe it's a cover, maybe it's the union pinko pussies and their hopolophobia?

[MHGinTN]

Actually, if the op was carried out in France and involved aircraft taking off over cities, it would cause a world-wide economic depression. Glad the Islamofacists are too stupid and hate-filled to see that though.

[BigBobber]

Did some checking on BA flight 223. It arrives in Dulles at 6:20 p.m. - long after dark. Seems unlikely they would try to pull a 9-11 style hijacking after dark? The capitol bldg is a nicely lit target. Maybe Islamists just going for a fireball over D.C at rush hour?

Obviously the U.S. got some info that they were targeting this particular flight. They just don't know which passengers are the terrorists. Kind of like the end of "Day of the Jackel".

If the article is true, they probably want an armed agent on board because this is the only quick way to take out a terrorist with a bomb. Knife wielders are no problem - even the passengers can take those guys down. Bombs are the Islamist MO. The hijackers on Flight 93 had them and probably blew up that plane when the passengers counter-attacked. We all know about Richard Reid.

Great circle routes from Heathrow to Wash. D.C. go almost directly over Boston and NYC. Not sure if they actually fly this route or come in more to the east, over the Atlantic. Presents several targets for another 9-11 style attack.

[Travis McGee]

I'm amazed we're all still flying. Our enemies are not too clever, thankfully.

[Sacajaweau]

It may be after dark but I believe there's a pretty full moon. I still remember Usama's last message...something about in the "belly of an eagle".

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

LOL. Please tell me that this is a joke. If not, you are one of the bigger idiots I've encountered lately. There is absolutely no way that Jesus looked anything like Paul Newman. He looked like a Jewish man from 2000 years ago, which most certainly looked very middle eastern.

[truth_seeker]

"Remember, I said Muslim, not Arab. That would have got both Reid and Padilla."

How do you tell that somebody is muslim, particularly if he is trained to blend in?

It would be nearly impossible.

[Savage Beast]

Actually, I did. But that was a long time ago.

Notice that I didn't recommend that anyone roast them in hell. My remarks were a prediction, not a recommendation.

Whether Satan is purely symbolic as the embodiment of evil, or whether, as some hold, it is an actual creature, doesn't matter. Those who devote themselves to evil will themselves suffer, and they cannot expect mercy from evil (or Satan).

In other words: "Evil is the ultimate stupidity."

These terrorists, who have devoted their lives to evil--to Satan--are extremely stupid.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Fair enough.

[DoctorMichael]

BTTT

[expatpat]

See my post #59.

[blam]

" He looked like a Jewish man from 2000 years ago, which most certainly looked very middle eastern."

You ought to study history a bit more before you call someone an idiot. I do not appreciate it.

Paul Newmans father was Jewish. My son is a Sephartic Jew and he looks like Tom Cruise (see his home page, he is FReeper 'Charge Carrier'). Not all Jews now or 2,000 years ago look like middle-easterners.

Ancestry Of Europeans Traced To Middle East

Some believe the Northern Tribes were proto-Celtics.