I mean can you imagine the PR vbictory for the administration if they hsd forced one of those 50 flights down and exposed this plot for the whole world to see?
The fact they did no such thing makes me highly skeptocal of this?
Israel gained a huge boost after they commandeered the Karine A and exposed Araft's arms deals. If we jad done the same with one of the flights we would have been a lot better off and the WH could have gotten 100% public support. The fact that not one interception of any of these flights or massive cargo trucks happened is cause for reflection.
Iraqi combat aircraft were still flying in the central zone up until mid-March 2003. None of these were intercepted, so why would an airliner be?