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To: Ali Chen who wrote (55234)9/14/2001 4:38:57 PM
From: AK2004Respond to of 275872
 
Ali
I was not arguing that suicidal terrorists are maniacs, fanatics, psychotic or whatever, the point was that the maniac looks no different than the normal guy. Come to think of it some of the normal guys look like they are maniacs.
So whenever we can identify the base we should take it without waiting for it to move to some other location
If bin Ladin is indeed at fault here and we take our time in preparations then most likely he would move underground by then
Regards
-Albert



To: Ali Chen who wrote (55234)9/14/2001 5:04:01 PM
From: Win SmithRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
U.S. Says Hijackers Lived in the Open With Deadly Secret nytimes.com

Some knew one another and lived as
neighbors in comfortable homes on quiet
streets. Some brought their wives and
children with them and took shopping trips
to the mall in their Plymouth Voyagers. Their
children attended public schools and played
computer games with the neighborhood
children.

Some occasionally drank too much in local
bars.

While apparently preparing for the most
extraordinary of crimes, they lived seemingly
unexceptional lives.


Is this a surprise? It shouldn't be, according to this 5-year-old article:

The diplomat went on to say that many veterans of the Afghan
jihad have set up an informal network of small, loosely
organized underground cells, with support centers scattered
around the world: in the United States, the Persian Gulf
countries, Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Sudan,
Pakistan, and Afghanistan. The days of mule trains like the one
Sheikh Omar joined en route to Afghanistan are long gone;
now E-mail and faxes drive the jihad.
theatlantic.com

Deep cover isn't exactly an alien concept in spy novels, I guess it works in real life too. People saying (or posting) wacky things in public aren't the ones you really have to worry about.