[extropy-chat] DESIGN: WTC New Architecture

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Alfio Puglisi <puglisi at arcetri.astro.it> wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, The Avantguardian wrote:
> 
> >
> >A bigger missile is the wrong solution anyways. The
> >best solution is not let the jet get hijacked in the
> >first place.
> 
> Speaking of which, have significant hijacking happened since 9/11? 

Nov 17, 2002, an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul was hijacked by
an individual with a pen knife. He was quickly subdued and taken into
custody on landing in Turkey. How a passenger got a pen-knife past
El-Al's notorious mandatory full cavity searches and baggage matching
protocols was certainly a major embarrassment for somebody.

March 23, 2003 Turkish Airlines flight out of Istanbul was hijacked.
(Maybe by the guy who did the El Al flight and was trying to get
home??? ;) )

And don't forget the infamous Richard Reid shoe bombing incident, which
was also post 9-11. One is still trying to find out if Reid was a Monty
Python fan...

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


		
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