Posted on 07/28/2003 11:41:24 PM PDT by yonif
U.S. officials said yesterday that they have learned of credible threats of possible new airline suicide hijackings by terrorists planned for the latter part of the summer.
The information was developed in recent interviews with one or more high-level al Qaeda captives and corroborated separately by other means, including electronic intercepts, officials said. They described the possible scenarios as similar to the hijackings of four U.S. airliners on Sept. 11, 2001, that were crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in western Pennsylvania.
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Naw, we don't wanna do that - too simple!...........FRegards
They could fly out of San Francisco International and travel six miles towards downtown in 1.5 minutes and crash into the TransAmerica building at 9:15am while the streets are packed with people below. A fighter jet would have to be on their tail at the moment their wheels left the ground to have any chance of stopping them. I don't think the local Navy air station is flying patrol these days anyway.
At the moment of impact, some 24 year-old pear-shaped kid with a crater face, a flat-top haircut, and an attitude to match working as gate security for the OHS will be suspiciously examining your grandmother's orthopedic shoes at the passenger terminal.
If a jet is ever stolen again to use as a flying bomb, it will happen like that.
I've seen the cargo areas at our international airports. There appears to be no security at all, and I know what real security looks like.
I've always said, what's stopping them from packing a NY taxi cab full of explosives and using it as a car bomb? I mean, there are thousands of Middle Eastern cab drivers in NY. They have the perfect cover. Imagine three or four cabs packed with explosives sitting in front of some of NY's tallest buildings... *shudders* This could happen in SF and LA too.
The purpose of the original 9/11 attack was to get the U.S. out of the Middle East. How well did that work? Could anyone be dumb enough to try that again?
More likely the former. I started "planning" an evening with twin lingerie models at age 13. I think we have equal chances implementing our plans.
People who are dumb enough to think they can murder 3000 Americans, and we'll all roll over like Clinton.
Post: Officials Say Al Qaeda Plans More Hijackings
1 hour, 1 minute ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials said on Monday they have new threat information regarding possible airline suicide hijackings planned for the rest of this summer, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
The information was developed from recent interviews with al Qaeda operatives held by the United States, and corroborated separately through electronic intercepts or other means, officials told the newspaper.
The United States blames Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network for the suicide hijack attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and interviews with al Qaeda captives described possible scenarios similar to that of Sept. 11, the Post reported.
Department of Homeland Security officials said they had alerted airline and security personnel over the weekend but had no plans to raise the terror alert level.
The current alert level now stands at "yellow" or an "elevated" risk of attack, where it has generally remained since the system was implemented.
I have yet to see any propensity for rationality on their part.
Certainly not with box cutters held by scrawny little religious fanatics.
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