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By now, they've checked the pasenger manifest to see if any al queda boys might have been on the aircraft, with his baggage in the cargo hold, ticking away, or waiting to be triggered by radio.

Another move on the chess board. Time to get medieval, in a 21st century kinda way.

Stomp taliban, stomp bin pigshat, stomp saddam, make 'em all die TODAY.

"Stomp taliban, stomp bin pigshat, stomp saddam, make 'em all die TODAY."

You mean sort of a great big "Veteran's Day Gift"?.....as in "kilotonage" as compared to "thousands of poundage"

By now, they've checked the pasenger manifest to see if any al queda boys might have been on the aircraft, with his baggage in the cargo hold, ticking away, or waiting to be triggered by radio.

Not likely, given the type of damage reported. The engine would not have been damaged by a cargo hold explosion. Most likely scenario is FOD - Foreign object damage, like a bird strike, causing catastrophic failure of the engine, with parts piercing the fuel tank and wing structural elements, as happened with a DC-10 at O'Hare in 1979.

A Stinger is also a possibility, but I've been told by a pilot buddy that they have a difficult time acquiring a turbofan engine as a target, since they do not create a lot of heat, relative to a combat aircraft.