From: "Julia Thompson"
> Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
I agree.
Three IRA members were recently caught in Columbia, teaching their
techniques to the FARC, who are involved in the drug trade. They
are also known to have contacts with Libya. Almost anyone could
have copied the IRA's methodology.
The only people currently using suicide bombers are middle
eastern groups. They are the most likely suspects, though it
is too soon to jump to conclusions.
It seems too organised to be the product of a random group
of madmen. Bin Laden has arranged attacks requiring
a similar degree of organisation in the past without leaks
and other terror groups have a similar capability.
--
Robert
