Plane terror plot might have targeted U.S. cities

Heraldnet.com ^ | 11.02.06

[Perdogg]

WASHINGTON - A group of alleged terrorists arrested in London in August planned to blow up airliners over U.S. cities to maximize casualties, rather than over the Atlantic Ocean as many intelligence officials originally thought, according to recent remarks by a senior FBI official.

The comments by Mark Mershon, head of the FBI's New York field office, indicate that U.S. and British intelligence officials now think that the airliner plot was aimed at maximizing the potential loss of life and economic impact.

[camas]

i though it was a given. blowing up a plane over water does nothing. they were planning to crash them in the USA

[NoBullZone]

Well, we can let the Dems take power, and then when it happens we will know for sure!

[Question_Assumptions]

Blowing up a plane over water makes it much more difficult to recover the wreckage. That's why the Pan Am flight that was bombed over Lockerbie was really meant to have exploded over the ocean. That used to be desirable for "old school" terrorists but may no longer be desirable.

[AirForceBrat23]

That's it! I'm leaving DC and moving to the Florida Keys!

(Really, just about any excuse will do...)