September 11 was meant to be much, much bigger. Imagine the effect if the jihadists had succeeded in crashing a plane into the White House, which seems to be where the one that crashed in Pennsylvania was likely going, as well as into the House of Commons and the Tower Bridge. “Al-Qaeda Suspect Jailed in Bombay,” from ArabNews, with thanks to Skeetstreet:
BOMBAY, 23 July 2005 “” A local Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court in Bombay, became the first Indian court to send to jail the first Indian Muslim on charges of terrorism.
The man was jailed for plotting to crash passenger jets into the House of Commons and the Tower Bridge in London on Sept. 11, 2001….
The suicide squads which included men from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan booked themselves on two Manchester-bound flights but the group panicked and fled just before they were due to board.