Knock Airport was on Al Qaeda hit-list (Irish airport, near a Marian shrine)

Western People ^ | Wednesday, December 07, 2005 | Marian Harrison

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Time to end Irish neutrality.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Dear God, I live under a flight path from that airport.

I wonder if Al Qaeda got the thumbs up from their Sinn Fein/IRA allies?

[sionnsar]

Heh. I was about to ping you to this... then I saw you'd posted it.

[Churchillspirit]

What's next....a Swiss chalet?

[68skylark]

Wasn't it Robert Fisk who nominated Ireland to be on the Al Qaeda list of targets? I think he argued they'd make a good target because they allowed U.S. military cargo planes to refuel there.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Well Fisk is wrong - Knock Airport did allow some US military planes, but not on the scale of Shannon Airport - Ireland is a target because we have an severely under-equipped military, and our neutrality makes us look like a soft spot (note to Bin Laden: we are not soft!)!!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

The paper I posted from was sitting at home in my house, but I never took notice of the headline until yesterday!!

[elbucko]

but I never took notice of the headline until yesterday!!

I have cousins near Cork and they are a bit blase` about Arab terrorists. I hope this is a wake up call that will be heeded, though I am sorry it is necessary.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

It's just I don't normally read the paper - my parents always buy it.

[RGSpincich]

All airports are on their "list". They'll take any old airfield at this point. They are desperate. We are winning.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

That's true, just one thing though, the airport is actually an international airport, even though it is in a rural area, it's long story involving a monsignor...

[Irish_Thatcherite]

I have no idea what that is supposed to mean.

[Dustbunny]

Nothing and no one is safe from the hate of the Muslim sons of Satan.

[Churchillspirit]

If they are targeting "fence-sitters", why not the innocent Swiss?

Sorry for being obscure.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Ireland is officially neutral - but Irishman have individually fought in all the major wars in history, 40,000 volunteered to fight for the Allies in the Second World War, I actually don't believe neutrality is protection - we escaped the Nazis and the Soviets by the grace of God and the Allies, not because we were non-aligned.

[aculeus]

Time to end Irish neutrality.

Hurrah!

[Colosis]

ut I never took notice of the headline until yesterday!!

This is fairly old news but hardly reported at all. It is amazing times we live in when a terrorist plans to blow up an Irish airport and the media shrugs it's shoulders. Remember, this scumbag has already been found guilty.

[Colosis]

Wasn't it Robert Fisk who nominated Ireland to be on the Al Qaeda list of targets? I think he argued they'd make a good target because they allowed U.S. military cargo planes to refuel there.

Hit the nail on the head 68sky. Their efforts have enadangered us all - well done to them.

[68skylark]

Their efforts have enadangered us all - well done to them.

I think we're probably in agreement here. But a part of your comment is unclear to me -- sorry if I'm being dense. Who is the "them" you're referring to? Is it the terrorists? Or do you have someone else in mind?

[blackbird149]

Definitely time to end Irish neutrality. The powers that be are very lacksadaisical and don't take this seriously enough which makes Ireland a perfect target for islamic terrorism.