Muslims on a plane #2

Passengers and flight attendants told law-enforcement officials the imams switched from their assigned seats to a pattern associated with the September 11 terrorist attacks and also found in probes of U.S. security since the attacks — two in the front row first-class, two in the middle of the plane on the exit aisle and two in the rear of the cabin.

“That would alarm me,” said a federal air marshal who asked to remain anonymous. “They now control all of the entry and exit routes to the plane.”

A pilot from another airline said: “That behavior has been identified as a terrorist probe in the airline industry.”…

Three of the men asked for seat-belt extenders, although two flight attendants told police the men were not oversized. One flight attendant told police she “found this unsettling, as crew knew about the six [passengers] on board and where they were sitting.” Rather than attach the extensions, the men placed the straps and buckles on the cabin floor, the flight attendant said.

The imams said they were not discussing politics and only spoke in English, but witnesses told law enforcement that the men spoke in Arabic and English, criticizing the war in Iraq and President Bush, and talking about al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden…

A flight attendant said one of the men made two trips to the rear of the plane to talk to the imam during boarding, and again when the flight was delayed because of their behavior. Aviation officials, including air marshals and pilots, said these actions alone would not warrant a second look, but the combination is suspicious.

From Washington times via "HOT AIR"

http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/28/
report-airport-imams-followed-hijack-pattern-in-
seating-mentioned-bin-laden/



And some selected response of not from "Hot Air"


"Sounds more and more like a dry run."
-mikeyboss on November 28, 2006 at 11:16 AM

"Were it just a dry run, they’d want to draw the least amount of attention to themselves, thus seeing just what they could get away with. By drawing as much attention as they did, they would have sabatoged their own dry run."
-Esthier on November 28, 2006 at 11:19 AM

"Could be..and they got caught, so now they are crying “Islamphobia” in order to draw attention away from it. I still think they are trying to make a big deal and threatning lawsuits so that in the future people will have second thoughts about reporting suspicious behavior, making it easier for them to carry out an attack."
-vcferlita on November 28, 2006 at 11:28 AM

"Milking the free press coverage as much as possible, and testing how easy it would be for another group of highjackers to take another plane."
-Lawrence on November 28, 2006 at 11:37 AM

I am convinced these guys were up to something. Maybe it was a dry run, Then again, and even more frightening is the "test the water" theroy. I mean what if these guys were trying to see how much they coud get away with, and then were using the MSM to send the message of success or failure back to the next group? "If you see this type of story it means Don't try anything yet, But if you don't hear anything, it means the us is ripe for the picking."

frightening.