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2007-08-18 Europe

"Take us to Tehran!" : Turkish passenger plane hijacked

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-08-18 03:29|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda

#1 I'll let y'all noodle this one through but does it really sound like al-Q tactics?

Would Qaeda make a public demand to go to the heart of infidel Persia?

Discuss.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-08-18 03:38|| 2007-08-18 03:38|| Front Page Top

#2 The source of the picture is here. It's not clear if this is a stock photo or taken from a cellphone camera.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-08-18 03:54|| 2007-08-18 03:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Sure that's not taken from the time those ba$tards threw that Navy guy off the plane quite a few years back?

Posted by gorb 2007-08-18 03:59|| 2007-08-18 03:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Conflicting accounts:

One of the pilots on board the aircraft said by radio the hijackers were Iranian, and a passenger who escaped reported they were members of al-Qaeda.

The jet was seized shortly after takeoff from Ercan airport on Northern Cyprus, with one of the hijackers claiming to have a bomb and threatening to blow the airplane up.

However, they were reportedly unable to break down the pilot cabin door, and the pilots refused to comply with their demand to be flown to Iran.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-08-18 03:59|| 2007-08-18 03:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Given what we know from Iraq, Their being Al-q and Iranian is a real possibility.

The fact that the turks are being Jacked is a plus--both outfits hate the turks for (different) historical reasons.

Notice that they didn't even try for a western plane.

I am darkly amused by the Muzzie on Muzzie action. RoP indeed.

Posted by N Guard 2007-08-18 05:44|| 2007-08-18 05:44|| Front Page Top

#6 ...and thank you for flying Jihad Airlines!

Posted by Raj 2007-08-18 07:47|| 2007-08-18 07:47|| Front Page Top

#7 unless you have a VERY strong stomach do NOT look at the A/P article up right now: "Turkish plane hijacking ends peacefully"

Contrary to the eyewitness reports from the passengers themselves, the article states that: "the hijackers released the women and children on board"

more from the soft-soap article:
"The adventure that started early in the morning finally came to an end..."
[ah...it wsa all just one big "adventure")

and lastly:
"the hijackers, identified as Mehmet Resat Ozlu and Abdul Aziz Maliki, told an official they "apologized to the Turkish nation" for seizing the plane."

the A/P, supporting terrorism worldwide!!

Posted by Justrand 2007-08-18 10:26|| 2007-08-18 10:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Not a good idea. Turkey belongs to NATO, which means they can easily get the best anti-hijacking teams on the planet there and quickly. Hopefully, they will be captured alive, for a while, at least.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-18 10:27|| 2007-08-18 10:27|| Front Page Top

#9 pretty inept stupid highjackers, not being able to get into the cock pit nor stop the passengers from getting out.
Thank God for their stupidity.

Posted by Jan 2007-08-18 15:04|| 2007-08-18 15:04|| Front Page Top

#10 However, they were reportedly unable to break down the pilot cabin door

Idea assembled in Amerikka land of the crushed Constitution and boiled baby ducks.

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-08-18 16:03|| 2007-08-18 16:03|| Front Page Top

#11 Close, Thomas, but that jet was most likely
a Bombardier CRJ700 or CRJ900 and made in Canada. Bombardier Signs Turkey's Atlasjet for Three CRJ900 Airliners.

Posted by GK 2007-08-18 21:01|| 2007-08-18 21:01|| Front Page Top

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