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And we should not rule out helicopters, either.

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The image above comes from this thread from the archives.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/534288/posts

Islamic Calendar Showed Plane Crashing Near Manhattan

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/search/journey/3.html

Our second day in London begins with a meeting with Sheik Abu Hamza al Masri, the infamous leader of the Finsbury Park Mosque in North London. The "20th hijacker," Zacarias Moussaoui, and Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, were among his congregation. Like Saad, he likes to talk to the media. But he tells us a slightly different story.

Sheik Abu Hamza al Masri.

The doorbell rings in our suite, and we find Abu Hamza escorted by a young jihadist wearing combat gear and a khafiya. Hamza is a barrel-chested man that looks every bit like a 21st-century pirate. But I actually like him. He is open and blunt and unapologetic.

"The Koran instructs us to terrorize the tyrants. ... The Koran does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. ... Sept. 11 was a reaction to the acts of war that we have endured for years. ... The United States' arrogance is the root cause of all of this."

It is fascinating to me to hear the mindset of a true jihadist. Here is a man who fought in Bosnia and Afghanistan, and even though so much of what he says would make the average American's stomach curdle, I find him quite reasonable. Until he tells us about how he has taught techniques of self-defense in his mosque, like mining the skies with hot air balloons filled with explosives that will bring down spy planes trying to patrol the skies.

he has taught techniques of self-defense in his mosque, like mining the skies with hot air balloons