[Lion's Cub]

OMG- Look at Norfolk right underneath NY in your #27! Atta was here trying to come with a plan to get at our carriers.

BTW, how do we know they didn't offload whatever they brought in some where a few miles offshore in the open sea? If so, they could be taking it anywhere along the East Coast.

[Mudboy Slim]

"NORFOLK,VA 12SEP02 15:00"

Wow...that could have been serious!! I wonder if they offloaded anyone before the Coast Guard got them...scary times, indeed!!

FReegards...MUD

[Mitchell]

Yes, check out this link on Atta casing the Norfolk naval base. Here's an excerpt:

HIJACKER EYED U.S. NAVY BASE

New York Post

Oct. 22, 2001 -- Lead suicide hijacker Mohamed Atta visited a Virginia naval base at least twice this year, perhaps thinking of making an aircraft carrier one of his terror targets, it was reported today.
Atta made the trips to Norfolk in February and April, according to Newsweek.
Federal sources told the magazine that investigators believe Atta may have considered flying a commercial jet into an aircraft carrier during his day of terror Sept. 11.

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[Mitchell]

My guess is that it was targeting New York, not Norfolk, assuming it isn't a false alarm. After all, the arrival date was Sept. 10, just in time for a 9/11 attack. (Arrival in Norfolk was scheduled for Sept. 12.) And the article did say that it was stopped by Coast Guard yesterday (Sept. 10).

Also, it's hard to imagine them carrying out any sort of nuclear or dirty-bomb attack on anything but one of our largest urban areas.