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load up a small-ish private craft with a fertilizer bomb,

Come one, get real. In that case you would need an adapted plane to release a bomb or in case of a suicide bomber a plane whit a shit-load of fertilizer - a Cessna wouldn't do it-: and all of this unnoticed ?
Government propaganda at work...

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)
by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 03:37:32 PM EST
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Or just crash a cessna loaded with its own fuel. The death toll would not be low. The authorities would be none the wiser. For what amounts to a small expenditure to fly an F-16 in a loop for a few hours, I could care less that they're doing this.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 03:56:45 PM EST
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Yes, those F-16's will fly anyway: pilots have to fly their quota to maintain operational level.

A Cessna with a top-loaded fuel will cause more death in the following panic-rush than on impact. I once witnessed a small plane crash in a crowd and for Belgium 10 casualties in one accident is huge, but if 'terrorists' wonna make a statement they will not use a Cessna or Piper.

Security doesn't come from F-16's.
Something else is seriously rotten, when are the USA gonna spend their money (if there's any left) in the right place?  

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)

by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 04:29:10 PM EST
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I'll quote my original reply.

In terms of the overall security investment in the event I think the aerial stuff is pretty low on the pole and mostly for show.


you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 04:45:44 PM EST
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Ah, sorry, got a bit to excited....

The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)
by Elco B (elcob at scarlet dot be) on Tue Jan 29th, 2008 at 05:07:04 PM EST
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