Terrorists plot shooting down airliners

Posted by Robert on November 11, 2003 7:26 AM

Not long after 9/11, Osama bin Laden boasted that soon more planes would be "falling out of the sky."

Now [1] WorldNetDaily reports that "Transportation Security Administration officials say they believe terrorists will continue to plot attacks against commercial airplanes in the United States and abroad – including the use of shoulder-launched missiles."

Unbelievable? "Officials cited the unsuccessful missile attack on an Israeli commercial airliner in Mombasa, Kenya, in November 2002, as an illustration of how credible the threat is. . . . While the U.S. intelligence community does not have any credible, specific intelligence information about planned MANPADS [man-portable air defense systems] attacks against commercial aircraft in the United States, the TSA believes safeguards need to be planned."


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2003/11/terrorists-plot-shooting-down-airliners.html

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