There will never be another 9-11 in that hijacked passenger airplanes will crash into large buildings, but the concept of using a flying machine of some kind to wreak havoc on the infidel has never escaped the jihadists thinking. That Boeing 737 may soon be supplanted by the lowly and plentiful Cessna 152. Cheap, easy to fly and virtually undetectable at very low altitude they are the Chevy of general aviation aircraft. The requirements to learn are much simpler than a large plane, one can even teach themselves through the 'net.
Will there be some kind of parameters under which law enforcement can watch potential jihadists, say looking for Middle Eastern-looking males between the ages of 18 and 35? Or maybe, since there is growing evidence of Western-looking males being recruited to jihad, to look more closely at those who used to be named Oscar McDonald but are now known as Ahmed Abu Tamimi.
Oh wait, that would be Islamophobic and intolerant, and we can't have that now, can we?
From MSNBC September 3 by Eileen Sullivan
Terror warning: Al-Qaida looks to load explosives on small planes
WASHINGTON — The FBI and Homeland Security have issued a nationwide warning about al-Qaida threats to small airplanes, just days before the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Authorities say there is no specific or credible terrorist threat for the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. But they have stepped up security nationwide as a precaution. According to a five-page law enforcement bulletin issued Friday, as recently as early this year, al-Qaida was considering ways to attack airplanes.
The alert issued ahead of the summer's last busy travel weekend, said terrorists have considered renting private planes and loading them with explosives.
(...)Aviation security is much tighter than it was a decade ago, but al-Qaida remains keenly interested in launching attacks on airplanes, believing large attacks with high body counts are more likely to grab headlines.
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