Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Erik Reuter wrote:
> >
> > Even with a gun to their head, would a hijacked airline
> > pilot crash their plane?
> >
> Of course not!
>
> > It does not seem likely. So, whoever is responsible likely
> > was able to find kamikazees who could pilot such planes.
> > That couldn't be easy. And they hit BOTH World Trade
> > Towers. This is a well organized attack.
> >
> That's why I end up with two primary suspects:
>
> (a) a small group of madmen, with people who learned to
> pilot using flight simulators etc.
>
> (b) the IRA -- they have the "know how" to make
> suicide attacks without losing any member of them;
> they kidnap the family of the pilot, and tell him
> that, unless he commits a suicide attack, they will
> torture his family to death.
I don't know much about the IRA, but I do know some, and attacking
Americans is about the last thing they'd do. An awful lot of money for
the IRA has come from American pockets, they historically have good ties
to enough Americans that this would hurt them more than anything else I
can think of.
Now, someone might have borrowed those methods, but I'd put the IRA near
the bottom of the list as far as supsect groups go.
Julia
