US Intelligence: Al Qaeda Planned Israel Attack With Hijacked Saudi F-15's

World Tribune and Geostrategy Direct.com ^ | Week of September 16, 2003 | Bill Gertz

[meg70]

Al Qaeda planned to hijack a Saudi F-15E fighter jet and crash it into a major office tower in Israel, the Israeli chief of staff said yesterday.

Israel officals said US Intelligence agencies relayed this information based on their interrogation of Al Qaeda suspects during the past 18 months.

They said Al Qaeda was trying to recruit a Saudi Air Force pilot to fly his F-15 from Tabuk air base and carry out a suicide attack in Israel about 200 kilometers away.

The Al Qaeda plot has been cited by Israel in its arguements to the United States for the immediate removal of Saudia Arabia's F-15E fleet from the King Faisal Air Base in Tabuk. About 50 F-15E's were flown to Tabuk in March 2003 and Riyad has refused to return them to their bases in Eastern adn Central Saudi Arabia.

On Tuesday, Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon became the first Isralei public figure to cite the F-15E's at Tabuk.

[meg70]

16 of the 19 on Sept. 11 were Saudis.. correct?

[Leroy S. Mort]

The "Kingdom" is imploding. Best we make it Baja Iraq.

[Spruce]

The Saudis are not, have never been, nor never will be friends. Friggin troglodytes.

[meg70]

Sooner we clean out that Roach Motel and others (Syria, Iran etc.) the better..or draw them all into Iraq

[Alouette]

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[Centurion2000]

The Al Qaeda plot has been cited by Israel in its arguements to the United States for the immediate removal of Saudia Arabia's F-15E fleet from the King Faisal Air Base in Tabuk. About 50 F-15E's were flown to Tabuk in March 2003 and Riyad has refused to return them to their bases in Eastern adn Central Saudi Arabia.

Wonder if Israel might be thinking of removing them unilaterally ?

[AmericanInTokyo]

If this wouldn't ignite the Middle East into one exploding cauldron, I don't know WHAT would!

[JETDRVR]

Whatever f@$%ing idiot Suadi F-15jock would never have made it very far into Israeli airspace. Either our Awacs would have taged him or the IDF early warning radar.

[Southack]

Osama's goal is to implicate the Saudis, such that Saudi Arabia loses its Western allies and becomes ripe for an internal revolution that would bring the Taliban into power there much like the Ayatollah came into power in nearby Iran.

To this end al qaeda wants to use Saudi citizens in attacks on the West (and on our allies).

[Mr. Mojo]

If they ever pulled off such a hijacking, I wonder what the chances are that the IAF would be able to shoot it down before it hit the building? The IAF doesn't have much territory to defend, and I'd imagine they're always on a hyper state of alert.

[meg70]

My guess is that the Islamokazi goat humpers are probing for weaknesses.

And since the airbase is 200 km away from the target..would there be time to respond?

[GOPJ]

The Saud's are a large royal family. Each man has four wives, the son's have four wives, and they all have children, with their wives and without. These offspring and the uncles, the brothers, the children are all competing for the "family money" and power within the family. Think angry relatives at the reading of a will and the division of "Dad's company".

Can you topple one brother and his nephew without toppling the innocent grandson and his mother? Can we stop the flow of terrorist money without accidentally handing the whole country over to the nuts who sponsor all the world's terrorism? Ideas?

[freedomson]

Al Qaeda planned to hijack a Saudi F-15E fighter jet and........

Right, uh-huh, al queda planned to "hijack" a Saudi F-15.

[smith288]

The islamic sand monkey terrorists would probably hit the ejector seat button instead of the landing gears

[Alouette]

I wonder what the chances are that the IAF would be able to shoot it down before it hit the building?

They would intercept the plane before it entered Israeli airspace.

Don't think that Israel doesn't monitor each and every flight that originates from Saudi Arabia. A few years ago, the IAF "baptised" a new Saudi airfield by flying over at low altitude (below the radar) and dropping live pigs onto the runway.

[doug from upland]

COULD THIS HAVE BEEN THE TARGET? -- Azrieli Towers

[Mr. Mojo]

They would intercept the plane before it entered Israeli airspace.

That's where my money's at.

A few years ago, the IAF "baptised" a new Saudi airfield by flying over at low altitude (below the radar) and dropping live pigs onto the runway.

If true, that's one of the best (and funniest) things I've heard in a long time.

[hchutch]

Agreed.

I think the choice of nationality of the hijackers was done to harm the Saudi royal family. There were two folks who had every reason to go after the Saudi royal family:

Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Why? Because in 1990, the Saudi royal family asked us to help protect them and to help liberate Kuwait. Osama was snubbed, and Saddam got his butt kicked. MOTIVE.

MEANS. Ever hear of Salman Pak? And what about that meeting in Prague between Atta and Ahmed al-Ani? There are other contacts between Saddam and al-Qaeda as well.