Terrorists attempt fresh wave of US hijackings ("MUST READ" describes recent attempts)

Scotsman ^ | July 23, 2004 | JAMES HALL

[Lael]

BTTT!!

[Dead Corpse]

One more rule that would need to be made is NO ALCOHOL SERVED to carrying passengers.

I could live with that. As long as the airlines are the ones setting that rule. Not some idiot government bureaucrat.

[American in Israel]

We can't attack anyone, but everyone must have guns? That is an odd combination. According to the commission the attackers on one of the planes were attacked by a passenger, an x-IDF. He did not see the one behind him and was taken out with a knife to the back.

I think it goes without saying that the passengers will fight, that is why they are sending so many more on the dry runs now.

However, I intend to take out more than my fair share, with luck I am good for at least three. Now if I had a gun... -grin-

[American in Israel]

Length of time at Free Republic is poor credentials compared to what life hands you. As to if you are a troll or not, your speech is abusive, you are deliberately obtuse, and are ignoring the obvious as if you only write but do not read. These are the three top traits of a Troll. If it writes like one, speaks like one and thinks like one, it most likely are one.

[American in Israel]

I suspect they are terrorists with a very weak cover. One is a Koran reader, another makes videos praising suicide killings as a path to paradise. All of them followed quite closely the MO that there is a terror warning about.

Were they terrorists? That I do not know. If they had been, and thought it was a go, that plane would have been down. If they were terrorists or not is immaterial, the fact that they had no opposition was proof that our system is flawed and needs to be corrected. The flight crew should have popped on the seat belt sign and then insisted that the passengers be seated. They did not exert their authority and put the plane in danger.

That much is clear.

I am for passing a law that a flight crew, like a captain on a ship is THE law, and is immune from prosecution on PC Hate crimes. Logic would dictate that a crew member that feels a flight risk over rides some persons "feelings" being hurt, but the cash happy tort courts "feel" otherwise.

We are at war and had better toughen up, or we will end up with our throats slit or worse.

[John Valentine]

My speech is never abusive except in response to unwarranted, misdirected, and personal attacks, such as the one you leveled against me. I have alwyas learned to speak truth against the lie, and I will continue to do so in spite your apparent wish that I hold my tongue.

Neither am I obtuse, although I must admit there seem to be few on this thread capable of making fine distinctions. That is the only explanation I can come up with why people attack me for holding views and positions that I have never espoused. You seem to fall into this category.

Also, my complaint is about OTHERS who don't read. I do.

Your descriptions of a "troll" are pretty much on target, but I submit to you that, quite unwittingly perhaps, you have just described yourself to a "tee".

[American in Israel]

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