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The Syrian Wayne Newton [Terror in the Skies, Again? solved?]
National Review Online ^ | July 21, 2004 | Clinton W. Taylor

Posted on 07/21/2004 4:50:34 PM PDT by Mike Fieschko

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To: Political Junkie Too

If they were flying one carrier from city A to B and from C (near B) back to A, that has a name I forget. Something like "split ticket" or something. If there's a name for it, it can't be that rare an occurence. For instance, flying into MA, driving to NY, and flying back from NY.


41 posted on 07/21/2004 11:29:13 PM PDT by lonewacko_dot_com (http://lonewacko.com/blog)
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To: kanawa

Just FYI: The casino in question is in El Cajon, CA, which is just east of San Diego, which is a few hours south of L.A.


42 posted on 07/21/2004 11:34:37 PM PDT by lonewacko_dot_com (http://lonewacko.com/blog)
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To: lonewacko_dot_com

well...its a mystery and either way a scary one.

i for one dont recall ever reading that all band members should goto the toilet at the same time....but hey thats me...


43 posted on 07/21/2004 11:44:40 PM PDT by Irishguy (League of Nations (version 1.1 BETA) currently in user testing...problems reported)
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To: Irishguy
i for one dont recall ever reading that all band members should goto the toilet at the same time....but hey thats me...

Hmmm, given the musician community's taste for sharing certain smokable herbs, certain elements of this story start to make a lot more sense... ;-)

44 posted on 07/22/2004 1:47:39 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Am Yisrael Chai!)
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To: Endeavor
Get serious.

None of the 9/11 hijackers had any "cover." They didn't need any to attend flight school.

No, the next terrorists will be much like the previous terrorists, and the joke of ailine security, and the joke of border security, and the joke of visa enforcement we have will permit them to hit us again.

45 posted on 07/22/2004 3:18:16 AM PDT by eno_ (Freedom Lite, it's almost worth defending.)
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To: Mike Fieschko
"One of the stewardesses told Annie Jacobsen there were"

Airline employees lie to customers 20 times each day, even when they don't need to, just to stay in practice. I'd bet they would tell a planeload of nervous people ANYTHING. to keep them quiet right up to the point when the pilots' throts have been slit and they are on their way into a tall building.

It is VERY unlikely there were air marshalls on board. Us little people don't get that kind of service.

YOu can also bet there were no congresscritters, high bureuacrats, or other Important People on that flight.

46 posted on 07/22/2004 3:22:45 AM PDT by eno_ (Freedom Lite, it's almost worth defending.)
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To: Mike Fieschko
Well, at least that question is answered. (I was enthralled by Jacobsen's story until the end, when she proffered that al Qaeda training may now include a school of music.

My other questions remain: Has anyone spoken to other passengers, such as someone who sat next to the guy with the nefarious McDonald's bag? What have the pilots said? Since when are there "many" air marshalls on board a plane?

47 posted on 07/22/2004 8:48:58 AM PDT by creepycrawly
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To: lonewacko_dot_com
I think you're referring the the practice of hidden cities. That's when you buy a round-trip ticket that includes a connection somewhere, and then you get off at the connection because it's cheaper than buying the fare directly to the connection. What you're doing is using only half the ticket.

I think the airlines say that this practice is illegal (violates the contract of the ticket). If they catch you, they won't honor the rest of the ticket.

In this case, perhaps the one-way fares on separate airlines were cheaper than the convenience of booking a round-trip ticket, but it also only adds to the suspicion. Are they really just honest musicians or are they deep agents, laying in wait until the Queen of Hearts pops up?

-PJ

48 posted on 07/22/2004 8:56:27 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Sandy Berger was just having a premature redactulation.)
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To: lonewacko_dot_com
" If there's a name for it, it can't be that rare an occurence. For instance, flying into MA, driving to NY, and flying back from NY."

It is extremely rare because one way tickets cost almost as much as two way tickets. Two, one way tickets cost approximately twice as much as one, two way ticket. It is only common for people who have money to burn. Or people who plan to hijack the plane.
49 posted on 07/22/2004 9:04:30 AM PDT by monday
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To: Dog
Mystery solved....they were only scaring the infidels.

I think you're totally right. But we're in a day and age now where even cracking a joke about bombs and terrorism in an airport can get you detained for a considerable length of time, and possibly even arrested. Scaring the infidels and engaging in general intimidating behavior during a flight should be illegal as well.

50 posted on 07/22/2004 9:08:42 AM PDT by jpl ("America's greatest chapter is still to be written, for the best is yet to come." - Ronald W. Reagan)
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To: VOA
maybe this guy is brilliant...but it sounds more like the resume of someone who couldn't get a job as a lawyer...

Or someone who practiced law for awhile and then came to his senses.

51 posted on 07/22/2004 9:12:23 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: sphinx

bttt


52 posted on 07/22/2004 11:04:47 AM PDT by Betis70
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To: eno_

I agree with your assessment of future attacks. I still can't understand why President Bush doesn't do more to enforce the borders.


53 posted on 07/22/2004 3:01:01 PM PDT by Endeavor
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To: Mike Fieschko

Yeah, but what about those nuclear missles found in Iraq?!?


54 posted on 07/22/2004 3:04:18 PM PDT by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: Bohemund

Have you tried Preparation H? I think it might modify your attitude based on its purported usages.


55 posted on 07/22/2004 3:04:38 PM PDT by Endeavor
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To: Endeavor
Have you tried Preparation H? I think it might modify your attitude based on its purported usages.

It took you 20 hours to come up with that? :)

56 posted on 07/22/2004 3:36:23 PM PDT by Bohemund
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To: Conspiracy Guy

bump


57 posted on 07/23/2004 6:37:54 AM PDT by stainlessbanner (quis custodiet ipsos custodies)
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To: stainlessbanner

Hey. This was posted 2 or 3 days ago. All these Terror in the Skies Again, part II, and Solved posts are like the Energizer Bunny.


58 posted on 07/23/2004 7:08:04 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (They are where you least expect. Look around and you'll see them too.)
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To: Bohemund

Nah, it took me 10 seconds to come up with it. The rest of the time I spent mixing up an extremely potent version of that product especially with you in mind. You see, I've got a lot of experience with the distal end of the alimentary canal so it was easy to diagnose your particular malady. As a horse vet, you work on a lot of jackasses.


59 posted on 07/23/2004 4:10:05 PM PDT by Endeavor
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To: Endeavor
Nah, it took me 10 seconds to come up with it. The rest of the time I spent mixing up an extremely potent version of that product especially with you in mind. You see, I've got a lot of experience with the distal end of the alimentary canal so it was easy to diagnose your particular malady. As a horse vet, you work on a lot of jackasses.

You're a vet? That explains the BS.

60 posted on 07/23/2004 5:01:38 PM PDT by Bohemund
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