FBI FEARS NEW DEADLY HIJACKING

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By MURRAY WEISS and BILL SANDERSON

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September 19, 2002 -- Al Qaeda may be planning another airline hijacking with Muslim terrorists from Chechnya armed with liquid explosives, The Post has learned. Osama bin Laden's underlings have been planning such a strike for more than a year, and believe such a plot has a better chance of success with Chechens because they don't look like Arabs, an FBI source said.

Airlines were alerted of the plot yesterday in an FBI advisory based on an interrogation of an al Qaeda member recently captured in Chechnya.

The advisory was "a precautionary reminder" to airlines to be alert to a possible plot, the FBI source said.

An earlier report on the plot by ABC News said the plans involve 10 to 20 men who fought in Chechnya's long-running civil war with Russia and who are already in the United States.

The men, armed with liquid explosives, would try to overwhelm a plane's crew from seats in the first-class cabin, ABC News said.

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2002

Answers

nice to know they are alerting the airlines. I wonder if they could be more specific as to where the flights might originate from...then again, I suppose it could be from any airport, huh?

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2002

Simple solution...

REMOVE ALL THE FREAKING FIRST CLASS SEATS!

Damn, I feel better now. (Hey, I was joking)

Actually, if they are not or do not look like they are from the ME, the chances of them being caught are better. We ALL know that they don't profile at the airport and only non-ME people get searched. /sarcasm

I swear, when I had to go to Vegas, I felt like I was molested by the time I got back home.

-- Anonymous, September 19, 2002


To ensure we Americans never offend anyone -- particularly fanatics intent on killing us, U.S. Airport Screeners will not be allowed to "profile" certain people. They will continue random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret Service agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winning former Governors.

But, let's pause a moment and take the following quiz ...

In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:

(a) Olga Corbett
(b) Sitting Bull
(c) Arnold Schwarzenegger
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:

(a) Lost Norwegians
(b) Elvis
(c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:

(a) John Dillinger
(b) The King of Sweden
(c) The Boy Scouts
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:

(a) A pizza delivery boy
(b) Pee Wee Herman
(c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked, and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard by:

(a) The Smurfs
(b) Davy Jones
(c) The Little Mermaid
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diver was murdered by:

(a) Captain Kid
(b) Charles Lindberg
(c) Mother Teresa
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:

(a) Scooby Doo
(b) The Tooth Fairy
(c) Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:

(a) Richard Simmons
(b) Grandma Moses
(c) Michael Jordan
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:

(a) Mister Rogers
(b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
(c) The World Wrestling Federation to promote to promote Summer Slam
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40,

On 9-11-2001, four airliners were hijacked, smashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and thousands of people were killed by:

(a) Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd
(b) The Supreme Court of Florida
(c) Mr. Bean
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:

(a) Enron
(b) The Lutheran Church
(c) The NFL
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40,

In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:

(a) Bonny and Clyde
(b) Captain Kangaroo
(c) Billy Graham
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

Hmmm... Nope, no patterns anywhere here to justify profiling.

-- Anonymous, September 20, 2002


>In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:

This one could be both D & B . . . it's possible SuperBit*h hired some D's to do her dirty work (?)(?)(?)

Actually, I've just quit flying for now. It's not worth it. Back before this garbage started, I could get get a non-stop flight to Tampa from Columbus and be there in about three hours, from my driveway to the hotel. Now, I might be able to make that same trip in 7 - 8 hours, if I'm really lucky. Going out West? Used to take 4 - 5 hours. Now it takes an entire day, **and** I might not make it even then.

Phooey. I have much better things to do during vacations than hang around airports and worry about whether I'm going to arrive or not.

-- Anonymous, September 20, 2002


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