[LenS]

But if terrorists don't take credit, what's the point? Crashing a plane every year or so anonymously won't scare anyone since several jets crash around the world every year.

[meenie]

Anybody knows that a tail falling off the plane causes a fire. Time to move on to another crash.

[shezza]

But if terrorists don't take credit, what's the point?

That's too logical. We're dealing with irrational lunatics here...remember Mullah Omar's decree that "planes will continue to fall from the sky"? Besides, for three months after 9-11 the al-Qaeda gang denied being involved in the hijacking/murders, even though evidence was overwhelming.

Then again, perhaps the "logic" behind not claiming responsibility is to get Americans to think EVERY mishap is due to the BinLadenGang, and thus instill terror by inferrence.

[eno_]

But if terrorists don't take credit, what's the point? Crashing a plane every year or so anonymously won't scare anyone since several jets crash around the world every year.

You will have to ask the Al Quaida people what the point is. They have never issued communiques, not for the emabassy bombings, WTC '93, the Cole, or even 9/11. I think the reason is that they do not want us to change our behavior, they simply want to kill us. Which is why we must kill them before they get hold of smallpox, a nuke, or another effective WMD.