Experts cast doubt on credibility of JFK terror plot (AFP)

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Source: Agence France-Presse

Experts cast doubt on credibility of JFK terror plot

by Luis Torres de la Llosa
Mon Jun 4, 8:20 PM ET

NEW YORK (AFP) - An alleged plot to blow up fuel tanks and
pipelines at New York's JFK airport had little chance of
success, according to safety experts, who have questioned
whether the plot ever posed a real threat.

US authorities said Saturday they had averted an attack
that could have resulted in "unfathomable damage, deaths,
and destruction," and charged four alleged Islamic radicals
with conspiracy to cause an explosion at the airport.

But according to the experts, it would have been next to
impossible to cause an explosion in the jet fuel tanks and
pipeline. Furthermore, the plotters seem to have lacked the
explosives and financial backing to carry out the attack.

John Goglia, a former member of National Transportation
Safety Board, said that if the plot had ever been carried
out, it would likely have sparked a fire but little else, and
certainly not the mass carnage authorities described.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070605/ts_afp/usattacksairportskepticism_070605001240

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1. Of course, you'll only see this in the foreign press.

A lit match can safely be dropped in a bucket of gasoline, as only the vapors are flammable. Hence, this idea that an entire underground pipeline and tank system would "explode" is ridiculous.

But this is what we've come to expect from the bush cabal, and also gives you a glimpse of how rove "uses" the US Attorneys to further his ends.

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2. So, click on the link, and rate the story 5 stars! n/t

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3. We can expect many, many more of these"terror alerts" before

the next election. Be prepared to wet your pants at least once a week if not more. Like the man said, go and rate this story up.

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4. More fake, overblown bushco 'scarerist alerts'?

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5. And yet, Wolf Blitzer evoked this "terror" serveal times during the Democratic debate.

To ask if thwarting the plot didn't prove we are "safer" now.