Posted on 07/21/2004 10:21:04 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
Terrorists testing jets, crews say
THE WASHINGTON TIMES Flight crews and air marshals say Middle Eastern men are staking out airports, probing security measures and conducting test runs aboard airplanes for a terrorist attack.
At least two midflight incidents have involved numerous men of Middle Eastern descent behaving in what one pilot called "stereotypical" behavior of an organized attempt to attack a plane.
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A June 29 incident aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 327 from Detroit to Los Angeles is similar to a Feb. 15 incident on American Airlines Flight 1732 from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.
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"I've never been in a situation where I have felt that afraid," said Annie Jacobsen, a business and finance feature writer for the online magazine Women's Wall Street who was aboard the Northwest flight.
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The terrorists did the same type of thing a few weeks before 911...which was noticed by James Wood and nothing came of it...until they crashed the plane into the tower on 911.
Just because we don't think they will do it again...doesn't mean they wont...it also doesn't mean that they will use such ruses as ploys to divert our attention...meaning these 14 are acting out a roll in terror either way. Diversions are effective tools in any war.
We'd best remain vigilant all around...and what this lady reported proved to be well worth her concern and trouble IMHO. Clearly, the authorities were very interested as well they should have been.
I rather agree with you. It seems odd that they would be this "dumb".
"Gee you just read my mind"
Of course I did. You don't think I came up with that myself do ya? I went to public school.
DING DING DING, we have a winner her!
I doubt if Bush has strange Mid Easterners wandering around Air Force One. So he shouldn't expect the rest of us to put up with this bull sh*t.
Er, a winner *here*
For those Muslims who sympathize with Osama Bin Laden, 9/11 was in essence a "coming out" party. They can suddenly be "in your face" and they relish in the fact that you are helpless to do anything about it. They know the limitations and they know exactly how far to push it. They have been well briefed on America's "freedom of religion" and know more about their "rights" than most Americans.
I see this as an abuse of freedom in the same way that mentioning that you have a bomb on a airplane, suggesting that you would like to see the President dead or yelling "fire" in a movie theatre is an abuse of one's freedom of speech.
Despite what you might think, people do not choose to live in fear. The author and all of us are entitled to "freedom from fear". The men on the plane trampled those rights.
This part was interesting:
"A second pilot said that, on one of his recent flights, an air marshal forced his way into the lavatory at the front of his plane after a man of Middle Eastern descent locked himself in for a long period.
The marshal found the mirror had been removed and the man was attempting to break through the wall. The cockpit was on the other side."
Dumb enough to light your shoe on fire on an airplane post 9/11? Reid probably asked someone for matches beforehand. Mentally competent for the human race, not enough for a firing squad!
Incompetent for the human race! If I could spell...LOL!
If this is a non-incident then the solution is simple: we should be told the name of the musical group and the name of the casino...I'm not suggesting doing anything to these individuals, but to not tell the name of the group and the casino doesn't seem legit to me, and, also, why haven't any reporters interviewed even one of these musicians? That interview would really sell a magazine or get great tv ratings.
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You do have a point.
A google search comes up with nothing on this one. Anyone have any info on this?
except for the one fact that "THEY " think we are all dumb. And wouldnt notice. As I recall actor James Woods saw the 911 highjackers acting suspicious on the same flight they took over a week later.
Remember they think every american is like someone out of baywatch... I guess we can thank Hollywood for that, giving terrorists a false impression and a false sense of security.
And maybe Mohammed Atta really was a student. What's your point? That terrorists can't have jobs? That terrorists wouldn't use a cover story to get 14 Arabs onto the same plane without arousing suspicion?
So, what have they attempted to hit to date in the USA that they haven't succeeded with? That is at least one place to anticipate they will attack.
And I believe that this time they will focus on late-night cross-country flights--originating around mid-night and going cross-country so as to catch all personnel (from flight crews, to air marshalls, to ATC, to USAF) in a tired or sleepy mode.
About two months ago I saw two people taking pics of power lines and a power station not far from it. They had no car in the area. One was taking picture, the other taking notes.
I reported it to the police and met a police officer at the scene. I told him I hoped I was not wasting their time, I just could not see any good reason why someone would be taking pictures there.
The officer that took the report said it was definitely not a waste of his time.
Be alert everywhere. Carry a camera with you and snap a picture or two if you see something suspicious.
You are quite right about this. In fact, they took it further. China would not let people from those 20 countries even travel to China.
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