Posted on 06/03/2004 4:19:13 AM PDT by NetValue
28 May 2004 - Al Qaeda lists successes since 9/11 on Global Islamic Media; Includes 2001 downing of American Airlines flight 587 that went down over Queens
In a stunning revelation to the Global Islamic Media Group this morning, Al Qaeda has revealed that they were responsible for the downing of American Airlines flight 587 over Queens in November 2001.
The article, published this morning on Global Islamic Media's Yahoogroup, lists the successes that Al Qaeda has achieved since the attack on America in September 2001. Al Qaeda has previously claimed credit for all of the other attacks on the list. The cause of the AA flight 587 crash is still listed by the FAA as accidental, with no indications of terrorism.
The following list itemizes the attacks that they are claiming:
Downing of the American Airlines plane over the Queens district of New York (City) on the 26th day of Shaban in the (Islamic) year 1422, equivalent to November 12th, 2001, killing 265 passengers as well as residents of that district. Bali nightclub attack in Indonesia that killed more than 200. Attack on Djerba, Tunisia Jewish temple, killing 20 German Jews. Attack at Faylakah in Kuwait. Attack on the French tanker Limburgh in Yemen. Attacks on Mombasa in Kenya against Jewish tourists, who were attacked in the their hotel, and the unsuccessful attack on the El Al airline with two missiles. Attack on the Marriott Hotel in the Indonesian capital Attacks in eastern of Riyadh, on residential districts where Americans and other westerners live Electrical power blockouts in the northern portions of America and the southern areas of Canada Electrical power blackouts in Great Britain. Attacks in Istanbul against the Jewish synagogues. Attachs in Istanbul battles against the British bank and the British consulate, in which the British consul was killed. Battle of Badr Riyadh in the residential complex Attack on the United Nations building in Baghdad in which Sirgo Des Milo, Kofi Annan's envoy, was killed Attacks in Nasserya against the Italian forces Attacks in Casablanca Attempted assassination of a dangerous ally of America, Pervez Musharraf Attacks in Madrid against three trains, killing 200 and injuring more than 1500 injured,
(Excerpt) Read more at homelandsecurityus.com ...
Are arab/muslims all morons? or do they just act that way?
Really? Where?
I am not holding my breath for an answer...
Oh, heck, if they'd done this one, they surely would've taken credit for it sooner, to add to the existing 9-11 panic and impress their other terrorist buddies.
Thanks for finding that.
I don't know how much you follow the aircraft crash threads that pop up here, so if this is a first time, whacko theories abound.
Some people just cannot accept that at times things break. There was an article in USA Today (probably elsewhere as well) this past Tuesday that talked about the tail of AAL587 and the hard rudder movements that could have been the prime cause of the tail failure.
Thanks for your reasoned input.
MoodyBlu
Air Traffic Controller
Recreational pilot
An Al-Qaeda website isn't exactly the most reputable news source. Of course a lot of people here think every plane crash is an act of terrorism so this will just reinforce their beliefs.
Doesn't matter, I still don't like em. Too noisy inside, sounds like you are inside the bowels of the aircraft when the flaps and gear come down. Then there is the video of the one taking out the trees, when the computer said land and the pilot didn't want to. Yea, I know that has been fixed, but I still don't like fly by wire. Guess I'll just have to get used to it, because virtually everything is fly by wire.
You fail to peport that the NTSB report specifically said that the potential problem in the tail assembly did not contribute to the crash. They could not have been more clear.
"Some people just cannot accept that at times things break" "Whacko theories abound"
Let's all ignore the eyewitness accounts rendered by retired FDNY and retired NYPD (see post 59) members who live in Belle Harbor and saw the event up close. We all know how unreliable those slackers are.
When they share plausible evidence for how they were able to carry out this attack - details please - then I will believe them....
But I'm not saying they couldn't have pulled it off - they very well may have.
For those who say it is impossible to over stress the rudder and vertical fin enough to cause it to break off, there is something that needs to be remembered about that particular aircraft. N14053 suffered tail damage during a hard landing years before her loss. If it was not properly repaired, the over time the normal operating stress could have weakened the vertical fin causing it to break off when subjected to extremely high levels of stress.
I heard that A-Q also took credit for the overflowing toilet in the bathroom here at work. It was certainly terrifying....
Is it proper to speak of "fatigue" in a composite structure, in the same way you would of a metal one? FWIW, the most likely failure scenario -- the initial sharp rudder movements causing an already weakened composite tail mounting assembly to snap -- is reasonable. We know the tail did snap off (and was not blown off by a bomb) very early in timeline, and I think everything else can be tied to it.
As Freud said, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
I know they were.
It's time people realized the threat is real and the enemy determined.
If it looks like terrorism, and it smells like terrorism, and it acts like terrorism...
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