"We have foiled mass murder on an unimaginable scale"

[Hippikos]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

CNN's Peter Bergen, who interviewed Bin Laden and is really good on terrorism, points out that this is probably al Qaeda because they had a similar plot in the Pacific in the mid-90s and they had a similar bomb contruction method at one point.

Operation Bojikna

"The two had already converted fourteen bottles of contact lens solution into bottles containing nitroglycerin, which was readily available in the Philippines. Yousef taped a metal rod to the arch of his of foot in place of the detonators. Yousef and Mohammed wore jewelry and clothing with metal to confuse airport security. They packed condoms in their bags to support their story that they were meeting women."