Underwear bomber picked Detroit because it was cheapest flight

AP via NY Post ^ | 3/24/2011 | AP

[Mr. Bird]

He wanted a little extra in his pocket after he blew himself up?

[illiac]

Maybe he thought he was going to survive and knew underwear was cheap in Detroit....

[K-Stater]

He wanted a little extra in his pocket after he blew himself up?

Obviously never heard that you can't take it with you.

[Tennessee Nana]

Lucky Detroit

[fhayek]

The only problem with blowing up Detroit is how would you know the difference?

[dfwgator]

The only city where bombing would actually improve it.

[Red Badger]

I guess he wasn’t going 1st class.
I wonder who got his frequent flyer miles?.................

[Qbert]

“Lucky Detroit”

Strange that he didn’t even know that Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit, has the largest Muslim population in the US.

[Domandred]

We need to ban cheap flights. It never would have happened if not for the availability of cheap flights.

(do I need a sarc tag?)

[dfwgator]

The airlines need to start charging $100 per bomb.

[ThomasThomas]

Bogus story. I say this is an attempt to claim this was NOT a terrorist plot by a well funded group. He was own his own and was not helped. Later in the story they talk about how well organized the terrorist group is how much expertise some members have. They would have flow him anywhere they wanted him to go.

[Tennessee Nana]

They need to start checking Islamics for junk bombs...

[mlocher]

LOL! More for carry ons!

[Navy Patriot]

I see a government subsidy for disadvantaged terrorists coming.

[eureka!]

BREAKING NEWS: Detroit was just hit by a 7.2 earthquake. Early estimates are nearly $75 million in improvements.

[EternalVigilance]

Yeah. The one city that could use a tsunami for the purposes of civic improvement.

[red tie]

"The only problem with blowing up Detroit is how would you know the difference?"

LOL! I was thinking other than Arabs who live in Detroit who would be on that flight in the first place...

[libstripper]

You’ve obviously never been to Blythe, CA.

[massgopguy]

In Scary Movie IV, they spoofed War of the Worlds. The reporter in the news van shows the Tom Cruise character “before” and “after” photos of Detroit. The only difference is that the after photos have Martian machines.