>>>>I seem to remember that the teacher was so amused at my conspiracy theory that she read the paper to the class and at the end was laughing so hard she was nearly in tears.
Those 6th grade incidents sure do stick with you - had one myself at about that age.
I'm glad you put this post together as it's weighing heavy on my mind as well.
A few weeks ago, while checking something on Ramzi Yousef, I ran across the information that Yousef also had a plan to assassinate Pope John Paul II in the Phillipines. The information was either new to me or I had heard it and forgotten the relevance - so, LOL it was new information to me again.
Yousef wanted the Pope killed on his trip to the Phillipines and prior to Operation Bojinka. Again, there would have been the high profile assassination (Masood in 2001) and then the attack on the US.
I think Agca is correct, Pope Benedict XVI is in danger. It was stunning to see the Pope in the open air Pope-mobile a few days ago. It was almost as though he was double-dog-daring a potential assassin.
"A few weeks ago, while checking something on Ramzi Yousef, I ran across the information that Yousef also had a plan to assassinate Pope John Paul II in the Phillipines."
They revisit their targets if unsuccessful the first time.
"Yousef wanted the Pope killed on his trip to the Phillipines and prior to Operation Bojinka. Again, there would have been the high profile assassination (Masood in 2001) and then the attack on the US."
True about Masoud, but I think that was more about laying the groundwork for their retreat to disrupt any retaliation as we then lost our main ally. An even more striking analogy is to compare the actual death of Masoud to the rumored death of UBL. Both may serve a similar purpose - - to cover the final details prior to a strike.
Better to compare the Pope in 1995 to the White House and Congress in 2001. The DC component of 9/11 was a failure. They wanted to decapitate both the executive and legislative branches, and then possibly go after Air Force One with something that never materialized.
Flight 77 was targeting the White House but couldn't get a fix because it is hard to see from the air with all the trees and the morning sun was in their eyes in the east. So they circled back and hit the secondary target (the Pentagon). It is now widely believed that United 93 was designated for the Capitol. And they had the call sign for Air Force One (the threat called in that "angel is next").
9/11 was a decapitation strike, and so will the next one likely be.
They revisit their targets if unsuccessful the first time.