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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
Something does not smell right here. This is the exact same plot that Ramzi Yousef proposed back in 1994 dubbed "Operation Bojinka" by western intelligence. Back then it was considered impossible to pull off as it took too many assets, too much technology, and too precise an on board detonation to work.
Yousef went as far as to attempt a proof-of-concept trial run by blowing up a flight bound for Japan (PAL 434). He boarded a flight in Manila, built his bomb while on the flight (consisting of a liquid explosive in a contact solution bottle and a digital watch), planted it under his seat and then de-planed in Cebu. The bomb detonated, killing the passenger in the seat, but not having enough explosive power to damage the fuel tanks in the plane and taking it down.
Authorities have been wise to this plot now for over a decade and sophisticated equipment to detect explosives. All of a sudden it becomes a serious threat? Terrorists are supposed to be on the run and they have now been able to pull together the plot that Yousef and a "functioning" al Qaeeda could not when they had the elements of suprise and invisibility working for them? There was no elevation in alert status and no bulletins of possible threats. You don't break a 50 person operation over night. There are warning signs when that's going to happen. Something just doesn't smell right.
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well if you have been watching the news the claim is they were most likely targeting ppl on the plane not the plane itself and maybe they get lucky and cause a breach. also who is claiming this was a 1 night operation? bush was briefed about it last weekend