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Exclusive: Hijacker in City Sept. 10 Used navigation tool to pinpoint WTC site
New York Daily News ^ | 5/22/02 | GREG B. SMITH

Posted on 05/22/2002 2:35:36 AM PDT by kattracks

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To: Risky Schemer
Great. Now GPS purchases will require waiting periods and background checks.

At very least, some will want "Selective Ability" turned back on to "reduce" the accuracy of civilian GPS units.

Like, as if, once in New York City, they couldn't have hit the towers being off 300 ft from SA.

21 posted on 05/22/2002 5:39:13 AM PDT by Ralph the Hun
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To: hobbes1
But they were taking a big chance then of missing their flight (if, say, they got caught in traffic.) I wonder what their plans would have been if they had missed it.

I think this means the cell-phone communications among the hijackers in the different planes were critical for whether the operation was allowed to go forward.

22 posted on 05/22/2002 5:41:40 AM PDT by aristeides
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To: Redleg Duke
sounds like a good plan
23 posted on 05/22/2002 5:46:12 AM PDT by InkStone
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To: fivecatsandadog
Their not invisible, check out the women they are with--they're wearing chadors. V's wife.
24 posted on 05/22/2002 5:54:58 AM PDT by ventana
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To: ALL
Mexican Officials Fired Upon Border Patrol
25 posted on 05/22/2002 5:58:38 AM PDT by RickyJ
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To: Redleg Duke
And, Islam has established the rules of engagement.

The side with the lowest level of morality chooses the rules of engagement. G-d be with us all.

26 posted on 05/22/2002 6:04:30 AM PDT by KC_for_Freedom
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To: Ralph the Hun
Switch SA back on? That'll suck. No more geocaching.
27 posted on 05/22/2002 6:06:50 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob
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To: kattracks
Unless the directions of East and South have changed, anyone with 1/100th of a brain could navigate a plane to NYC....unless they were a Public High School student, then there might be a problem.
28 posted on 05/22/2002 6:20:45 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: rohry
Just like beaureacrats to think changing coodinates in a gmae will make a difference. You trivia reminded me of an apocryphal incident regarding the beginnings of glastnost. Russian officers were amazed by the availabilty of accurate maps in the states. They indicated that every map in the USSR had purposeful errors to ensure no one could use it against the regime.

Guess we are headed down the same path. Outlaw all GPS and MS Flight Simulator now—for the chillllllllldddddddrrrrruuuuun!

29 posted on 05/22/2002 6:25:18 AM PDT by antidisestablishment
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To: wcbtinman
This hotel is referred to as the "Comfort Inn Airport" and the following is from its website:

Location: The Comfort Inn is located off exit 7 of I-95 (North or South) at 90 Maine Mall Rd. We are 1 mile from the Portland International Jetport and offer complimentary airport transportation.

30 posted on 05/22/2002 6:38:50 AM PDT by erk
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To: Jonathan
Where is William Tecumseh Sherman when we really need him?
31 posted on 05/22/2002 6:39:04 AM PDT by NCDoc
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To: kattracks
Anyone else remember the middle eastern student who was arrested after 9/11. He was a staying at a hotel near WTC and a GPS was found in his room. The story became more bizarre and finally the charges were dismissed.
32 posted on 05/22/2002 6:46:57 AM PDT by OldFriend
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To: Lion's Cub
Two possible reasons...

Mohamed Atta and Abdulatif A. Al-Omari spent the night at the Comfort Inn in South Portland on Monday and then, at 5:45 the next morning, flew from Portland International Jetport to Boston. From there, officials say, they hijacked an American Airlines jet and commenced to horrify the nation.

The Press Herald has learned that Al-Omari may have spent considerable time in Portland, over an undetermined period. Sources said Thursday that officials are investigating reports that the 31-year-old had a relationship with a woman here.

The woman, who may still live here, contacted authorities after two hijacked jetliners crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York City.

The Times reported that the men then phoned the Bangor airport looking for a flight to Boston, but that there was no flight that met their desired departure time. The newspaper further reported that the men then phoned the Portland jetport, where two of them apparently made reservations on a Tuesday morning flight to Boston.

Portland News

33 posted on 05/22/2002 6:50:25 AM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: rohry
I'm surprised that this wasn't in the story...

Well, I doubt that this is true. The lat/long for the WTC is hardly a secret. I can still get it right off of the Internet or MS Streets. Why pull all of the "games" to change an item that anyone can find. Has anyone else heard this story and can confirm or deny?

34 posted on 05/22/2002 6:51:49 AM PDT by TankerKC
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To: OldFriend
I remember that.
35 posted on 05/22/2002 6:52:01 AM PDT by Registered
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To: OldFriend
Anyone else remember the middle eastern student who was arrested after 9/11. He was a staying at a hotel near WTC and a GPS was found in his room. The story became more bizarre and finally the charges were dismissed.

Wasn't his GPS or radio (actually, I believe it was a radio.). Either someone else claimed the GPS (non-Arab, non Muslim) or the rooms were confused, can't remember how it shook out. It DEFINATELY wasn't his. Of course, on FR, he's automatically guilty being an Arab.

36 posted on 05/22/2002 6:52:04 AM PDT by John H K
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To: Redleg Duke
I have come to the conclusion that Islam and the rest of the world are incompatible. Either Islam will conquer the world or the world will rise up and exterminate Islam and all of its liberal appologists.

Could have made a far better case that, say, Germans and the rest of the world are incompatible; If you add up every single non-Muslim killed in Muslim terror attacks since World War II, it likely doesn't beat a good DAY at Auschwitz.

I notice all the Germans in the world haven't been exterminated, and they're not much of a problem anymore.

37 posted on 05/22/2002 6:54:03 AM PDT by John H K
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To: kattracks
Can we equip planes with a GPS jamming device that can be intitiated remotely ?
38 posted on 05/22/2002 7:05:51 AM PDT by VRWC_minion
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To: kattracks
Just wondering if this store in Ohio was in or near Columbus and the Ohio State University.

The Clinton's went to Ohio State in Early Spring 1998 and got their head's handed to them by the Islamic presence in the Arena on Campus. No one ever thought to check the regional demographics and determine whether this would be a good place to talk about bombing Serbia, defending KLA, etc. The Islamic Congress of the US is in Columbus. One of the Clinton's very major political gafs. Islam has a major presence in this area. FBI Should BE ALL Over THIS Place!

39 posted on 05/22/2002 7:12:33 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: contessa machiaveli
"...unless we begin to round up mideastern men (OK, muslims, arabs) we lose."

We've lost.

40 posted on 05/22/2002 7:16:36 AM PDT by Harrison Bergeron
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