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| Al-Qaeda trying to recruit Arab pilots |
| 2004-02-08 |
| Osama bin-Laden’s worldwide terrorist network, al-Qaida, has been attempting to recruit Arab fighter pilots to carry out terror attacks against Israeli targets. Channel 2 quoted Israel Air Force commander Gen. Dan Halutz as having told a gathering of security officials a short time ago that al-Qaida had actively been trying to recruit Arab pilots for suicide terror missions. Halutz told the officials that Saudi authorities had recently thwarted such a recruitment of a Saudi Arabian fighter pilot by making key arrests, according to the TV. According to Halutz, Israeli authorities have taken "the required steps" to guard against terror attacks from the air. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 I think matrydom wouldn't be very attractive to fighter pilots. Most of them know how to take-off and land. I imagine that very few military pilots were recruited out of the maddrasses. The curriculum's don't match-up very well. Western trained intellectual malcontents don't usually find a home in the cockpit of a high performance aircraft. AQ might be able to take somebody's grandma hostage, though. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-8 9:06:01 PM |
| #1 Interesting...ALQ involving itself in the Israel Paleo war. They have pretty much stayed out of this conflict. If so this marks a change for them. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-2-8 7:25:18 PM |