We are being told that the Yemeni sourced explosive printer cartridges were addressed to Chicago synagogues. We are also being told that they were set to go off in mid-air.
If the latter is true why would the terrorists address them to a sensitive address, why not just a private address or media centre in the US? If the former is true then was the target the plane or the synagogue?
I suppose one explanation was that the terrorists hoped to explode the devices in planes so killing hundreds in the air and on the ground, but if the devices failed to go off in the air their final destination meant that at least a few Jews would be killed.
Either way, lovely people aren't these terrorists?
all the more reason to think this was a "let's see what happens" mission. Will the checks pick up that it's addressed to a synagogue? Also it seems that the packages left Yemen on passenger flights and were only later transferred to cargo flights. This isn't predictable. But whatever the outcome, the effect is to disrupt international transport. From AQAB's perspective, information has been achieved - any deaths would have been a bonus.
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