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something I've never quite understood is why they always seem to want to run the gauntlet of security to get on a plane with their bomb.

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Dec 31 '09, 10:38

a shrapnel bomb in the security line would have just as much lethal potential and shut down a whole airport.

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Baggage claim where you have passengers from multiple flights and people meeting them. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 31, 10:46
Pretty sure a bomb on a plane would kill everyone on board (mid-flight). Plus collateral damage from the crash? -- nm - JaxSean Dec 31, 10:41 10
- but they've had a pretty lousy rate of success so far. Think about the Spanish and London train bombs. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 10:44 9
  - even in busy markets, suicide bombers rarely seem to fully take more than 6 or 8 people. If I were being recruited for that sh!t, it would have to be - zork Dec 31, 10:47 8
    - 191 people died in Madrid, another 1800 injured and a change in government -- nm - Roger More Dec 31, 10:59
    - but from a "creating terror" perspective, Americans would lose their shit. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 10:50 2
      - I've wondered for several years why A-Q hasn't been using suicide bombers on US soil. -- nm - zork Dec 31, 10:52
      - *nods* -- nm - TFox Dec 31, 10:52
    - Are they doing it for the amount of damage or the 72 virgin reward? -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 31, 10:48 3
      - Susan Boyle being a virgin has set Al Quaeda's agenda back years imo. -- nm - Loyola Dec 31, 10:51 2
        
        bravo. -- nm - Reagen Dec 31, 10:52 1
        
        *nods* I wonder if recruiting spiked when Britney was claiming to be a virgin -- nm - zork Dec 31, 10:54
Agreed. A plane is a lousy fear target. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 31, 10:40 1
- I think it's a great fear target, because people have no control over their environment when they're flying. - znufrii Dec 31, 10:51
"This isn't a productive area of discussion." - David Dec 31, 10:39
SHHHHHH!!!! -- nm - zork Dec 31, 10:39

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something I've never quite understood is why they always seem to want to run the gauntlet of security to get on a plane with their bomb.

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