John Boehner to fly commercial as Speaker

[MasterKiller]

They have recruited grandmothers, children, and women. I don't know why you think they haven't.

Yuuuuup



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...e-bombers.html

Iraqi woman 'recruited more than 80 female suicide bombers'
A woman suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has been arrested, the Iraqi military said.

The woman, nicknamed "Umm al-Mumineen," suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has been arrested Photo: AP11:00PM GMT 03 Feb 2009
The woman – who was identified as Samira Ahmed Jassim or by her nickname "Umm al-Mumineen", which means the mother of believers – was shown confessing in a video played for reporters at a press conference in Baghdad.

Dressed in an all-encompassing black Islamic robe, she described how she would persuade the women to be bombers, then escort them to an orchard for insurgent training and finally pick them up and lead them to their targets.

She said she was acting on behalf of insurgents based in the volatile Diyala province, north of Baghdad.

[MasterKiller]

[MasterKiller]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...balkans18.html

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — His code name was Maximus, and he held secret meetings in a shabby room at the Banana City Hotel on the outskirts of Sarajevo.

Bosnian police put him under surveillance, and in a raid last fall on his apartment on Poligonska Street, authorities seized explosives, a suicide bomber belt and a videotape of masked men begging Allah's forgiveness for what they were about to do.

What they planned, investigators believe, was to blow up a European embassy. Compounding their concern, they say, was the ringleader's background: Maximus turned out to be Mirsad Bektasevic, 19, a Swedish citizen of Serbian origin with ties to a senior al-Qaida operative.

According to classified intelligence documents, terrorists have been working to recruit non-Arab sympathizers — so-called "white Muslims" with Western features who theoretically could more easily blend into European cities and execute attacks.

[BJJ-Blue]

Muslim to profile?

Doubtful. He is older than the usual profile.

I'm not saying all Muslims are hijacking planes, but in the last 10 years every hijacker of a US plane has been a Muslim. It is what it is, PC or not.

You don't see Mormons hijacking planes in the name of their religion. Or Jehovah's Witnesses beheading civilians and journalists in the name of their religion.

Iraqi woman 'recruited more than 80 female suicide bombers'

I asked about hijackings of US planes. Have any grandmothers been hijackers? Grandfathers? MOH winners? I'm not asking about suicide bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan, or even Europe. I am talking specifically about American airports.

[Drake]

Doubtful. He is older than the usual profile.

I'm not saying all Muslims are hijacking planes, but in the last 10 years every hijacker of a US plane has been a Muslim. It is what it is, PC or not.

You don't see Mormons hijacking planes in the name of their religion. Or Jehovah's Witnesses beheading civilians and journalists in the name of their religion.



I asked about hijackings of US planes. Have any grandmothers been hijackers? Grandfathers? MOH winners? I'm not asking about suicide bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan, or even Europe. I am talking specifically about American airports.

A Chinese guy beheaded a guy on a bus recently in Canada. Eyewitness reports say it sounded like a cross between a baby crying and a dog barking. Live with that image in your head.

[Drake]

Doubtful. He is older than the usual profile.

I'm not saying all Muslims are hijacking planes, but in the last 10 years every hijacker of a US plane has been a Muslim. It is what it is, PC or not.

You don't see Mormons hijacking planes in the name of their religion. Or Jehovah's Witnesses beheading civilians and journalists in the name of their religion.



I asked about hijackings of US planes. Have any grandmothers been hijackers? Grandfathers? MOH winners? I'm not asking about suicide bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan, or even Europe. I am talking specifically about American airports.

In the last ten years, there was only one incident of a US plane being hijacked that I'm tracking.

[Drake]

Here's a list of hijackings over the last ten years:

2000: Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 is hijacked on an internal flight within Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, and ended up at London Stansted Airport, where most of the passengers claimed political asylum.

2000: Philippine Airlines Flight 812 was hijacked en route from Davao City, Philippines to Manila. The hijacker parachuted from the aircraft while still airborne; his body was later found.

2000, 11 November: an Vnukovo Airlines Tu-154 flying from Makhachkala to Moscow was hijacked by a man demanding it be diverted to Israel. The plane landed at an Israeli military base where hijacker surrendered. None of 59 people onboard were injured.[24]

2001, 15 March: another Vnukovo Airlines Tu-154 flying from Istanbul to Moscow was hijacked by a three Chechen terrorists demanding it be diverted to Saudi Arabia. After the plane with 174 people onboard landed at Medina the terrorist threatened to blow it up unless it would be refuelled for flying to Afghanistan. The Saudi authorities decided to storm the plane. During the assault 2 people were killed by Saudi police: one of the passengers (Turkish citizen), and the leader of the terrorists. The stewardess, Yulia Fomina, was killed during the hijacking, and later the plane was named after her.[25]

001: American Airlines flight 11 , United Airlines Flight 175 , American Airlines Flight 77 , United Airlines Flight 93, were hijacked on the morning of September 11th. Two planes were deliberately crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, one was crashed into the Pentagon and one did not reach its hijacking destination because the passengers attacked the hijackers and crashed it into a field in Pennsylvania. Both towers of The World Trade Center collapsed; in total 2,976 victims and 19 hijackers were killed and over 6000 people were injured. It is to this day, the worst terrorist attack ever to occur on US soil.
2006: Turkish Airlines Flight 1476, flying from Tirana to Istanbul, was hijacked in Greek airspace. The aircraft, with 107 passengers and six crew on board, transmitted two coded hijack signals which were picked up by the Greek air force; the flight was intercepted by military aircraft and landed safely at Brindisi, Italy.
2007: an Air West Boeing 737 was hijacked over Sudan, but landed safely at N'Djamena, Chad.

2007: an Air Mauritanie Boeing 737 flying from Nouakchott to Las Palmas with 87 passengers on board was hijacked by a man who wanted to fly to Paris, but the plane landed in an air base near Las Palmas and the hijacker, a Moroccan, was arrested.[26]

2007: an Atlasjet MD-80 en route from Nicosia to Istanbul was hijacked by two Arab students, who said they were Al Qaeda operatives, one trained in Afghanistan, and wanted to go to Tehran, Iran. The plane landed in Antalya, the passengers escaped and the hijackers were arrested.[27]

2008: a Sun Air Boeing 737 flying from Nyala, Darfur, in Western Sudan to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, was hijacked shortly after takeoff. The hijackers demanded to be taken to France where they reputedly wanted to gain asylum. The plane initially tried to land at Cairo but was refused permission. It subsequently touched down at Kufra, Libya. The hijackers gave themselves up almost 24 hours after taking the plane. There were no reported casualties.

2009: CanJet Flight 918, a Boeing 737-800 preparing to depart from the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica to Canada was hijacked by a gunman who forced his way through airport security onto the plane. His main motive was a demand to the crew to fly him to Cuba. Most of the passengers on the plane gave him money to buy their freedom. For the rest of the night, negotiations took place as 6 crew members were held hostage in the flight for several hours. Quick responses from the police force allowed them to disarm the hijacker and arrest him. There were no casualties.

2009: AeroMéxico Flight 576, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Cancún to Mexico City was hijacked by José Marc Flores Pereira, a Bolivian citizen claiming he had a bomb and demanding to speak to Mexican president Felipe Calderón. The plane landed at Mexico City International Airport where it then taxied to a remote stand where the passengers and crew were later released. Mexican officials stormed the plane where 5 men were taken into custody with only 1 being held. There were no casualties. It was the first hijackings for the airline.


So... primary motivation seems to be political asylum.

[Syn7]

But Boehner has had his share of taint. He handed out checks from tobacco lobbyists on the House floor in 1995 while lawmakers were weighing tobacco subsidies. In 2004, he allowed Sallie Mae to throw him a fundraiser while the student lending outfit was lobbying his committee. And he is a frequent flier on trips paid for by special interests

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...202571_pf.html