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In response to "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." by Reagen

Pretty sure a bomb on a plane would kill everyone on board (mid-flight). Plus collateral damage from the crash? -- nm

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Dec 31 '09, 10:41

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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

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