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  1. July 20th, 2004, 11:11 AM #1
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    Terror In The Skies, Again?

    Here's a very interesting article about a families recent experience flying from Detroit to Los Angeles. They must be getting a lot of hits on this web site as their server timed out on me a couple of times. Be patient, it is worth the wait.

    http://www.womenswallstreet.com/WWS/Home.aspx?titleid=1

    Right now, it is the feature article on the home page. In case they move it, its called "Terror In The Skies, Again?"
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  2. July 20th, 2004, 11:34 AM #2
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    I'm confused, it's talking about this article, but never links the original article.
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  3. July 20th, 2004, 11:35 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ya_know
    I'm confused, it's talking about this article, but never links the original article.
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  4. July 20th, 2004, 11:36 AM #4
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    That would worry me to the extreme as well.
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  5. July 20th, 2004, 11:37 AM #5
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    Ya know, two articles, link on the left is the original, link in the middle is part II
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  6. July 20th, 2004, 11:38 AM #6
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    That is really scary.
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  7. July 20th, 2004, 11:47 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cleetus
    Click where it says more, ring ring
    I did and got bored...Does it go into the story further into the article...the thing is it had another more button, and I just wish they put the whole article on one page...that way I know how long it's actually going to be...
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    Gulp.
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  10. July 20th, 2004, 03:38 PM #10
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    That's a great article. What it does show is that people are much more aware of what's going on inside the aircraft these days. It also shows that if these Syrians were indeed terrorists on a dry run, then they were bl@@dy stupid ones. Even a trainee would be taught that the best way to become invisible is to act normal.
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  11. July 20th, 2004, 04:22 PM #11
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    Very scary. Confirmed in the NY Times:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/20/business/20road.html
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  12. July 21st, 2004, 04:24 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by gazzak
    That's a great article. What it does show is that people are much more aware of what's going on inside the aircraft these days. It also shows that if these Syrians were indeed terrorists on a dry run, then they were bl@@dy stupid ones. Even a trainee would be taught that the best way to become invisible is to act normal.

    Or may be that was a realtime training exercise and the syrians were just actors... they wanted to see whether the public noticed and what the cabin staff did.
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    Scary stuff - I hope she and her family don't have nightmares about it.
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  14. July 21st, 2004, 07:26 AM #14
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    I wonder if it was indeed real and there were indeed Federal marshalls on the plane. If so, wouldn't the marshalls have done something?
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  15. July 21st, 2004, 08:59 AM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by techs
    I wonder if it was indeed real and there were indeed Federal marshalls on the plane. If so, wouldn't the marshalls have done something?
    Article says they would have waited until something happened. This does not comfort me. Knowing what we do about bombs and the like they should take the time to investigate the odd things on planes.
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