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Re: Too much talk about different countries
- Subject: Re: Too much talk about different countries
- From: Jeffrey Goldberg <{$news}$@goldmark.org>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:23:24 -0700
- In-Reply-To: <9nou4v$8u82q$1@ID-93412.news.dfncis.de>
- Newsgroups: uk.current-events.us-bombing
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- Reply-To: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey+news@goldmark.org>
On Sep 13, 2001 Bubbles <bubbles_@softhome.net> wrote
in <9nou4v$8u82q$1@ID-93412.news.dfncis.de>:
> Midnight would have gotten them almost as much press coverage, without
> taking by far as many lives.
Yes. But presumably the inexperienced pilots would do better during the
day, and they needed a time when there were many transcontinental flights
leaving nearly simultaneously.
However, if they wanted to go after big symbols without killing many
thousands, they could have gone after the Washington monument or other
targets.
-j
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