'nuther thing - one of the hallmarks of al-Qeda is detailed planning (although they did blow it with the timing of the 9/11 flights they chose), but these guys don't sound like they had a firm grasp of a plan presumably just a few days from execution.
his I don't believe. A terrorist wants to kill as many people as possible - just as they did on 9/11. There is NO WAY in this world you can convince me that terrorist ONLY WANTED TO KILL THE PEOPLE ON THE PLANE in the MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN. Come on!
"I do believe - hard to think of anything scarier than reports of airliners disappearing over the Atlantic, 1 by 1 by 2 by 1... "
I disagree. It's just a matter of opinion. Planes exploding above cities would be worse. More death. Not just people on the plane. They LOVE murdering innocent people.