Terror in the Skies

There's been significant developments in the facts here. While it appears this was not a "dry run" for terrorism, the incident still reveals very disturbing deficiencies with airline security. Here are a few links on topic:

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/t ... 211921.asp

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/000265.htm

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/000252.htm

Only musicians. I loved Ms. Jacobsen's response: "If 19 terrorists can learn to fly airplanes into buildings, couldn't 14 terrorists learn to play instruments?"

The Washington Times has a story about this and other incidents, thought to be "probes" by terrorists:

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040 ... -1508r.htm

Whatever folks think of the the 9/11 Commission, its report, p. 362, puts it bluntly:

Bin Ladin and Islamist terrorists mean exactly what they say: to them America is the font of all evil, the "head of the snake," and it must be converted or destroyed.
It is not a position with which Americans can bargain or negotiate. With it there is no common ground-not even respect for life-on which to begin a dialogue. It can only be destroyed or utterly isolated.

The story keeps getting more interesting

"The Syrian singer of a band that was detained by the FBI's Terrorism Task Force for suspicious activity during a recent flight to Los Angeles has written about the "glorification" of suicide bombers to liberate Palestine."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national ... -3815r.htm