Particularly scary is that the explosive used in my scenario is an ANFO (ammonium nitrate/fuel oil) slurry sealed in a watertight compartment. Even 400 pounds of ANFO could severely damage very large cruise ship and could even sink a smaller cruise ship.
And the terrorists are very meticulous planners.
I just read that they found documents -- I didn't catch whether related to the London or Madrid bombings -- but the terrorists had literally minute by minute planning and instructions for the day leading up to the attacks.
I also remember Bin Laden mentioning in a long ago tape, not meant for public consumption, when he was talking to his inner circle, about the calculations they made about what it will take to topple the WTC.
Some AQ are just "muscle", but they also have a lot of educated people.
all of which makes them that much more dangerous -- they are a real threat, it's terrible that the MSM and Dems can't understand this.