Terror in the Skies Again (Absolutely Positive MUST-READ)

Womens' Wall Street.com ^ | July 2004 | Annie Jacobsen

[maggief]

Absolutely creepy.

Thanks for the post. I've emailed friends and family the link to this must read article.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Good thing about the Air Marshalls being there. If the Clintoons had had more time, they would've obliterated the program in its entirety.

How anyone could vote for a liberal at all after 9-11 is dumbfounding. They have stripped us of our military personnel and resources, our CIA, our FBI, our Air Marshalls, and on and on and on.

I think I'm going to be sick again.

[mtbopfuyn]

You also need to read the entire article to find that the questionable men were thoroughly checked out and cleared

As if they'd send guys who were on the no fly list to do a dry run. It's only after the fact that one gets put on the list.

[cajungirl]

btt

[spodefly]

I believe what she saw was 14 Syrian musicians on the way to a gig.

It doesn't take 14 people to assemble a bomb in a lavatory, even allowing for some potential parts/personnel losses during screening.

Plus, 14 matryrs for one mission on one plane seems like overkill (pun intended) ... 14 people committed to dying could wreak more havoc in other ways than by bombing one plane.

They will hit us again, and they are practicing now, that much is certain. This may have been some component of that, but I am not convinced.

Also, her husband sounds like a cakeboy.

[Ima Lurker]

Uhhhh, yeah, try to keep everyday people form dying, if we get around to it.

As long as we don't hurt anyones feelings in the process.

[cajungirl]

btt

[jimbo123]

What do you think about this Syrian who flew into Minneapolis a week after her flight?

http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S1124.html?cat=1

[mtbopfuyn]

They would have to get the explosives on board. There in lies their problem.

Where's the problem? It's simple to have one guy in maintenance plant something and follow it up with whatever can be brought in by artificial limbs, wheelchairs, backpacks, McD bags, briefcases, instrument cases, reading material, shaving kits, shoes (hmm, that's been done), etc. There were several box cutters found on a plane not long ago but can't remember if it was the maintenance people or that stupid college student.

[daybreakcoming]

well hey - it's the law and it needs changing....by our Congress of Cowards??

[Blood of Tyrants]

What pisses me off is that the freaking FAM didn't even attempt to make a trip to the bathroom to see if there was something in there! It is a aircraft lavratory, there really is no place to hide anything!

[jimbo123]

How do human mules smuggle heroin and cocaine on airplanes?

[Sam's Army]

Hubby may be a "cakeboy", as you call it, but it's hard to blame someone for being shaken up given the circumstances seen. I get the sense she is a mugged liberal myself from reading other things she has been involved in.

But "Syrian Musicians"??? 14 of them?? Possible, I guess--just doesn't seem to pass the proverbial smell test.

[mtbopfuyn]

Dry run or not, there were a load of terrorized individuals on board that plane. Thankfully, they arrived safely to their destination.

The question is, where are they and what are they up to now, next week, next month, and next... oh, ship them and all the others out and shut down the borders PRONTO!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Looks like you and your son will have to take an active role in your safety since the PC government simply WILL NOT do it. Watch the Arabs like a hawk. Don't even try to conceal it. If they start something like that on you flight, go and search the lavatory (bring latex gloves).

If you find something unusual, take it to the flight attendant (discretely) IMMEDIATELY.

[Netizen]

Do flight attendants tell passengers when Air Marshals are on board?

They might if they they thought the passenger were about to panic and they wanted to reassure them, or if they thought the passenger might do something that could create a problem.

They also might tell the passenger in hopes of calming them so that they will consider their airlines for future trips. If the passenger feels threatened, unsafe on their airlines, the passenger just might book their next flight with a different airlines.

[cajungirl]

perhaps videocams in bathroom? I don't suggest anyone go "get things" out of bathrooms that look suspicious. this story sounds hinky to me.

[Alouette]

On approach to LAX from the east going west Downtown LA could only be seen from the Right side of the aircraft

I think flight paths can be altered at different times due to wind direction and other factors.

When I flew to LA last October they were redirecting flight approaches over the ocean because of the wildfires.

I fly into NYC from Detroit to La Guardia frequently and the approach is not the same every time. Sometimes we pass over Manhattan and sometimes over the water. Likewise the return flight to Detroit usually passes over Ford Motor Company campus but sometimes the approach is from the north.

Also if the plane banks on approach you can see out the windows on the opposite side.

[Netizen]

This was purely a surveillance mission and I would think they won't use 14 people for their eventual attack.

Could they have been training multiples teams?

[Alouette]

But "Syrian Musicians"??? 14 of them??

Probably cheaper than a klezmer band.