BUMP TO POST #54
I forgot to mention in my previous post that a biological attack was on the list of possibilities for Detroit.
While I agree that the Super Bowl would be the perfect target for a biological attack (people from all over the country getting together, partying together, then returning to their respective towns - it would be an epidemiological nightmare scenario), it's just not very telegenic.
After all, you never see the attack. You can only infer it later.
Plus, bin Laden is a structural engineer. He takes pride (or at least has taken pride) in his ability to do maximum structural damage with relatively small amounts of force. Had his guys been able to park the truck bomb closer to an outside wall, the twin towers would have fallen in 1993.
This doesn't mean, of course, that he has planned this attack personally, though it does seem that when it comes to attacking the Great Satan he is usually involved.
Dunno, dunno. But all the warning signs are there: the ode to martyrs, the offer of a truce and the offer to convert to Islam. All standard precursors to an attack against non-muslims in the past.