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To: jttmab who wrote (140755)7/17/2004 2:01:21 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
<<Ah...they wanted 80,000 killed. So we're using terrorist desires as opposed to anyone elses estimates. What ever number is higher....>>

Jordan foiled an al-Qaeda chemical bomb plot against the intelligence services HQ to use trucks packed with 20 tonnes of explosives that could have killed as many as 80,000 people, security officials said today.
smh.com.au

20,000 or 80,000, either way that's a lot of people killed in one explosion.