[Tall_Texan]

As horrific as the 9-11 attacks were, what made them catastrophic was the burning fuel in the planes that caused the towers to collapse.

I question how a plane that leaves Paris and intentionally crashes in L.A. or Vegas will have much jet fuel left to create similar distruction. True, there will still be deaths and destruction - it just wouldn't be on the scale of the WTC incident.

Since American screening is probably now too stringent and the passengers now hip that they should fight back, I'd be targeting cross-country flights from Vancouver or Montreal or possibly the Caribbean if I were Al Qaeda (which, gladly, I'm not).

[PokeyJoe]

They don't need a weapon if we provide it to them.

I hope point air defense is also elevated outside Denver.

The last "bomb threat" was a Denver based outbound flight. Do you know what else is outside of Denver? (@Rocky Mountain Flats).

Heck, you don't want fuel to burn if you hit that stuff.

[PokeyJoe]

This is the latest AL QUEDA image. Notice the burning stadium in the lower right hand corner. What do you think?

[FreedomCalls]

I question how a plane that leaves Paris and intentionally crashes in L.A. or Vegas will have much jet fuel left to create similar distruction.

Those were Boston to LA non-stop flights on 9/11. A plane going from Paris to LA non-stop should have the same amount of fuel arriving on the East Coast in order to continue on to LA that a plane departing the East Coast would have to reach the same destination. The distance and therefore the amount of fuel on board is the same as it was on 9/11 if they attack an East Coast target from Paris.