[July 4th]

Something like this is what I had figured, but I'd like to see it from a better source.

[xzins]

Is this true?

[SpyGuy]

Suspected al-Qaeda terrorists spotted outside the airport last week...escaped before Saudi police could arrest them.

Wink, wink. Nod, nod.

[meg70]

Cripes, and this goes public in the hours leading up to 9/12?

[prairiebreeze]

It sounds like Padilla is at minimum a liar and passes fraudulant checks. Not much of a stretch to believe he's in on it. I think his brother is either gravely mistaken or blowing smoke. This story is worrisome....

Prairie

[Brian S]

Last I knew this is a legit story and the plane, rumored spotted a couple of times, has not been found.

[Husker24]

I just dont see terrorists using a "jewel" like their own 727 fuel tanker on a measly British jetliner, they will crash it into a building, like the White House if they can fly it low over the Ocean an not be detected.

[Husker24]

Is this the same plane that went missing in Africa that they were talking about a month or so ago?, I dont remember that one being a tanker.

[Mo1]

is this the missing plane from awhile back??

[happygrl]

Sadly, I agree. He's dead.

For the plan to go forward, some suicide-inclined pilot must have been lined up.

Or not, perhaps. This time they won't get away with a pilot who only has to steer, but will need a pilot that can take off.

[SpyGuy]

[S]py chiefs believe the Boeing was poised to launch its attack on a British airliner as it began its descent over Saudi Arabia into Riyadh airport.

Why would terrorists, as well-organized and well-trained as al-Queda, waste a Boeing 727 on simply bringing down another passenger jet? I don't buy it. They will use this aircraft for a 9/11 type attack somewhere.

Suspected al-Qaeda terrorists spotted outside [Riyadh airport last week are now believed to have been using sophisticated electronic equipment to track British airways flights.

It's much more likely that they were attempting to shoot down the British aircraft with a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile.

[TomGuy]

This article makes it sound much more sinister than previous reports. Other reports downplayed the potential threat by saying the plane has probably crashed in the ocean off the south east coast of Africa.

As for using the plane as a bomb--another airliner would seem a relatively small target. Consider the potential. The 727 had the passenger seating removed and replaced with additional fuel tanks. With that kind of potential, a target would be something much greater--size and/or population--than another airliner.

If Al-Qaeda has control of the plane, and if they were going to use it as a bomb, they would probably head it for another large building, not another airliner.

[kayak]

bttt

[maestro]

Guessing here.......advanced feul source for 'homemade' (foreign bougnt) saudi (WaHabi) cruise missles for future use against our ships and Israeli targets?

:-(

[Koblenz]

This seems far fetched. first, where are they going to get the jet fuel to fill this? Second, why a 727 to attack a jet liner? Hitting it with a Cessna would be about as effective. If a plane crashes, no one on board is surviving. And hitting a BA flight with a Cessna or something else would definitely bring it down.

[JustPiper]

This is insane! It's not like it's a needle in a haystack!

[FlyVet]

Hidden somewhere in the vast Sahara desert of East Africa – an area the size of Europe – the spy chiefs believe the Boeing was poised to launch its attack on a British airliner as it began its descent over Saudi Arabia into Riyadh airport. Suspected al-Qaeda terrorists spotted outside the airport last week are now believed to have been using sophisticated electronic equipment to track British airways flights. They escaped before Saudi police could arrest them.

This rumor has been out for quite awhile. No sale. How is a 727 loaded with fuel going to take off from anywhere except a long, concrete runway? Might be a good place to look for it. And, why would they waste it colliding with another aircraft, when they could hit a population center and take out thousands of people?

I'm going to wager the author of this is a bit odoriferous.

[concerned about politics]

Thank goodness we taught Americans to be politically correct about their immigration rules. Without our liberal PC laws, these fine folks would never have been able to pull off any of their highjackings, and we'd never be this close to destroying America from within. These heros bring us one step closer to our glorious goal of a socialist revolution. In the name of Mrax, Amen.

Signed, Bill and Hillary Clinton

[cmsgop]

Check out Post 65

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/931538/posts?q=1&&page=51

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Missing jet likely stripped for parts
Oakland Tribune, CA - Aug 31, 2003
... the family as extremely close, and said, "if he was alive and knew all this mess
was going on, he would contact us." Another brother had e-mailed Ben Padilla ...

What has happened to a Boeing 727 that mysteriously disappeared ...
American Free Press, D.C. - Aug 24, 2003
... Another urgent concern is to discover the fate of Ben Padilla, the 51-year-old American
“bush pilot” who was at the controls of the 727 when it suddenly ...

Case of Missing Jetliner Unsolved
Washington Post, DC - Aug 22, 2003
... He said: "[I]f he was alive and knew all this mess was going on, he would contact
us." Another brother had e-mailed Ben Padilla in Africa days before the ...