[OrangeDaisy]

I'm not trying to be cynical, but 90 casualties is a far stretch from 9-11's 3,000 plus...

I've always thought that AQ had no idea the towers would fall. Casualties would have been much lower if they had stood. I also believe that it's gotten harder for AQ to pull off a spectacular attack like 9-11. We know now that 9-11 was years (maybe a decade +) in planning. Since then they've been on the run and their money and other networks have been seriously damaged.

[steveegg]

I've always thought that AQ had no idea the towers would fall.

Backed up by the tape where Osama said he was the most-"optimistic" in thinking that the towers would snap off at the points of impact.

[rwfromkansas]

Any casualty figure updates?

AP still says 40, but surely that will increase here.