Al-Qaeda "Shot Down" Plane

[mourningdove92]

Dubai - An Islamic website on Sunday carried a statement attributed to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network claiming responsibility for a plane crash in Kenya that left 12 Americans and two South Africans dead.

The statement, the authenticity of which could not be verified, said the plane was hit "head on" with a ground-to-air SAM

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It also promised the Iraqi people the "arrival, very soon, of a present from Osama bin Laden to (US President George W) Bush and his band".

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1393555,00.html

[grasswire]

1. there was a followup...

...in which the Kenyan government debunked this claim. You might find it on googlenews.

[hang a left]

2. Whoa

That is pretty scary! I wondered last week if that plane was shot down, but never heard anything that would lead you to think that that could be the case. They are keeping this one real quiet!

[dArKeR]

3. Al Qaeda shot down the Space Shuttle then made a hurricane hit

Texas.

[HawkerHurricane]

4. Old IRA trick

a. Listen to radio, find out something bad happened to an opponent.
b. Take credit for bad thing happening.

However...
With all these resources in Iraq, is anybody keeping an eye open for Osama Who's operatives?

[Catherine Vincent]

5. Did they ever find that 747 that turned up stolen in Africa?

The CIA was on that one.

[DemoTex]

6. FWIW: It was a Boeing 727-200. The tri-motor Boeing.

Not a B-747 jumbo.

[gbwarming]

8. Yes, it was seen in Guinea with new registration # on July 7

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,992839,00.html

[peterh]

7. Al Qaeda….al Qaeda…yeah, I remember that group…

Weren’t they in the news a lot prior to this Iraqi thingy…