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Eryiedes
rangerdanger
This "terrorist" fear mongering only distracts everybody from the real issues. I mean, when was the last time a plane was hijacked successfully?
I am tempted to say: "Entebbe"
Even then, it didn't end very well, did it...so maybe not.
-Amitaba-edit on 11-10-2013 by Eryiedes because: Typo
SMR
rangerdanger
Not to flame, but coming from the guy who says "most terror attacks are put on by the middle east". -_-
Terrorism only works when people live in fear.
Are you serious? What part of me saying "most terror attacks are put on by the middle east" has anything to do with your reply? You make little to no sense in most of what you have posted so far. Perhaps this is not a subject you should be participating in.
Terrorism happens. It's that simple. It doesn't matter if people are in fear or not. Terrorists do what they do to do it for whatever belief they have. It's not because someone fears them. They will shoot you in the head if you stand in front of them whether you fear them or not.
They will bring down planes whether you fear them or not. They want to 'cause' fear, not work from it. They aren't Freddy Kruger, here.
Zaphod58
reply to post by Eryiedes
Turkish 1476 in 2006.
Air West in 2007.
Air Mauritanie in 2007.
Atlasjet in 2007.
Eagle Airways in 2008.
Sun Air in 2008.
Canjet in 2009.
Aeromexico in 2009.
All were successful hijackings, and all since 9/11 when security and passenger awareness is supposed to be higher.
yuppa
Eryiedes
rangerdanger
This "terrorist" fear mongering only distracts everybody from the real issues. I mean, when was the last time a plane was hijacked successfully?
I am tempted to say: "Entebbe"
Even then, it didn't end very well, did it...so maybe not.
-Amitaba-edit on 11-10-2013 by Eryiedes because: Typo
Funny the IDF sent in their special forces and freed almost all of those hostages if i remember correctly. The death toll would had been much higher if they had not acted fast enough. And the country hosting the terrorist who stole that plane lost a good bit of men and some soviet fighters during the action too.
whatnext21
reply to post by hknudzkknexnt
I remember a video of a man running by a trash can and throwing his waste in there and 2 women take off running, yeah it works really well, we are scared of our own shadows thanks to 9/11,Boston bombers, the Christmas underwear bomber, you name it we are a world of scardy cats.
Zaphod58
reply to post by rangerdanger
The last ATTEMPTED hijacking in the US, prior to 9/11 was FedEx 705 in 1994. There was one US owned aircraft hijacked in a foreign country, and one foreign owned aircraft flown to the US prior to that. The last successful US hijack though was a Rio Airways flight in 1983. It was going from Killeen TX to DFW, and landed in Mexico. Again, there were a couple of US flagged flights hijacked in other countries, but prior to 9/11 that was the last hijacking in the US.
UpEndedWorld
Since no planes were hi-jacked on 9/11, I guess that means the last attempted hi-jacking in the U.S. was in 1994 then.
So nothing really to worry about people, on the average.
UpEndedWorld
Zaphod58
reply to post by rangerdanger
The last ATTEMPTED hijacking in the US, prior to 9/11 was FedEx 705 in 1994. There was one US owned aircraft hijacked in a foreign country, and one foreign owned aircraft flown to the US prior to that. The last successful US hijack though was a Rio Airways flight in 1983. It was going from Killeen TX to DFW, and landed in Mexico. Again, there were a couple of US flagged flights hijacked in other countries, but prior to 9/11 that was the last hijacking in the US.
Since no planes were hi-jacked on 9/11, I guess that means the last attempted hi-jacking in the U.S. was in 1994 then.
So nothing really to worry about people, on the average.
SMR
It's being observant in today's day of terror from other countries who HATE US FOR OUR FREEDOMS...
Eryiedes
SMR
It's being observant in today's day of terror from other countries who HATE US FOR OUR FREEDOMS...
I disregarded everything you said after that part.
-Amitaba-
SMR
Perhaps you didnt get the 'whatever' part or mud-hut option ?
It's called being facetious.
Nyiah
With all the focus on those dirty brown people we've been taught to fear, someone's going to be eating a lot of crow with their face caked in egg if some random group of white people with issues decide to try to hijack something.
I mean, come on, that's opportunity knocking for a white extremist group. The focus is on Middle Easterners & not so much on them.
SMR
Perhaps you didnt get the 'whatever' part or mud-hut option ?
It's called being facetious.
I also do NOT watch Fox news. Never have. Just because I posted an article should make you ASSume anything. CNN did not have the article at the time. Sorry to disappoint.
Still waiting on the explanation of fear mongering or false flag from this article.
A lot of talk but no opinions ... well ones that make any real sense, anyway.edit on 10/11/2013 by SMR because: (no reason given)
Eryiedes
SMR
Perhaps you didnt get the 'whatever' part or mud-hut option ?
It's called being facetious.
I would have described it as "borderline racist" but to each his own.
If I have misunderstood you I appologize.
As for Fox news?
Even "The Walking Dead" has more facts in it than that station.
You'd honestly be better off watching Hannah Montana.
-Amitaba-
rangerdanger
SMR
Perhaps you didnt get the 'whatever' part or mud-hut option ?
It's called being facetious.
I also do NOT watch Fox news. Never have. Just because I posted an article should make you ASSume anything. CNN did not have the article at the time. Sorry to disappoint.
Still waiting on the explanation of fear mongering or false flag from this article.
A lot of talk but no opinions ... well ones that make any real sense, anyway.edit on 10/11/2013 by SMR because: (no reason given)
The opinions on here make perfect sense to me. Based on the OP assuming you watch Fox news isn't really a stretch of the imagination. If you want an explanation of fear mongering, look at the OP. Otherwise there are plenty examples of it on this website.