Bertaut
Complex, intelligent, and sobering; superb television
أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُواْ يُدْرِككُّمُ الْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِي بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ
[Wherever you are, death will find you, even in the looming tower.]
- Qur'an; Surah 4 Āyah 78
We have not been able to corroborate some of the more sensational threat reporting, such as that from a [redacted] in 1998 saying that Bin Ladin wanted to hijack a US aircraft to gain the release of "Blind Shaykh" Umar Abd al-Rahman and other US-held extremists.
_Nevertheless, FBI information since that time indicates patterns of su__spicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks, including recent surveillance of federal bu...