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I was thinking along different lines, 9/11 and the WTC was a near perfect terrorist attack.

It didn't have the subtlety or elegance of your scenario, but it did have dramatic visuals, lasted long enough for most of the country to watch the fall live, and provided a clear division in time between peace and war (except to lib-uh-rhuls).

The next attack needs to be drawn out long enough to get full coverage, yet not days and weeks of incubation.

I think the convention is ideal for a violent attack, not on the convention itself, but close enough for the gathering of newsies to switch over to cover it instead.

I'm not clever enough to figure out exactly what form it will take, but know that they want it to last hours, destroy infrastructure, and cause mass casualties.

Unlike the WTC attack, they want us to see lots of body parts, blood, and burns.

Not showing the Americans all the WTC gore is the only way the US media failed them last time.

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Not showing the Americans all the WTC gore is the only way the US media failed them last time.

More important to show underwear on the head of a prisoner.