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2011-09-22 Home Front: WoT
Feds Probe Possible Arabic-Type Markings On Southwest Jets
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Posted by trailing wife 2011-09-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#1 Wonder if the planes are flying the same route as a message board. "Here comes the 10:00 news!"

Something like chalk marks on lightpoles for those watching.
Posted by Skidmark 2011-09-22 02:42||   2011-09-22 02:42|| Front Page Top

#2 "HIT ME WITH MISSILES."

"Here", In the "O".
Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-09-22 05:40||   2011-09-22 05:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Ummm, no coffee yet, sorry.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-09-22 05:42||   2011-09-22 05:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Fixed, Redneck Jim. ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2011-09-22 07:49||   2011-09-22 07:49|| Front Page Top

#5 It shouldn't be that hard to track this one back.
Posted by JohnQC 2011-09-22 08:27||   2011-09-22 08:27|| Front Page Top

#6 promotes confidence knowing that access to these jets with chemical tagging has been going on. Let's check grandma's shoes, but allow the terrorists access to these jets.
Posted by Jan 2011-09-22 10:44||   2011-09-22 10:44|| Front Page Top

#7 You got it all wrong guys. It is an advertisement for the local Hummus store, the arab equivalent of "Eat At Joe's".
/sarc

Seriously, Jan has the basic facts right. Security at the front is always the hardest, but there are always a ton of weak spots in the rear for the workers and the day to day operations. It is simply too inconvenient to put a huge security burden on the background work and would make the entire operation grind to a halt if implemented.
The CIA, MI6 and others know this. So do terrorists.
Posted by DarthVader 2011-09-22 10:48||   2011-09-22 10:48|| Front Page Top

#8 might this be merely a problem using a maintenance protocol with the wrong instruments and wrong chemicals; it seems pretty tangential to the jihad
Posted by Lord Garth 2011-09-22 11:00||   2011-09-22 11:00|| Front Page Top

#9 If terrorists had access, why didn't the blow one up yet? I'm also wondering how many terrorists are sophisticated enough to figure out the chemical reaction to heat at that exact spot on the plane. Maybe somebody is quietly trying to tell us that security is lax.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2011-09-22 11:53||   2011-09-22 11:53|| Front Page Top

#10 Technology is available to these buggers, make no mistake. For a price, the usual suspects (China, Pakistan, Russia, Iran, North Korea) will gladly provide them with the tools and knowledge necessary to shove it up our asses.
Posted by Besoeker 2011-09-22 12:00||   2011-09-22 12:00|| Front Page Top

#11 Abu U, good point, however these may be test runs. Catching a shuttle to the airport when the workers are commuting makes me wonder how well they have been vetted. English doesn't seem to be any of their first languages. Not a racist just an observation.
Posted by Jan 2011-09-22 15:25||   2011-09-22 15:25|| Front Page Top

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