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Originally Posted by PedOncoDoc
If this did occur and was in fact a "dry run", I'm confused as to why they would do it on the ground. I can't belive they would be stupid enough to announce their intentions prior to lift-off. Seeing the response time to TSA is nice and all, but it would be more important to see the response from common passengers and aircrew, as it would be upon the passengers, crew and onboard marshalls to thwart a plot once airborn. I feel they may be "testing the waters" with the population in general and not testing the response time from the TSA/ground grew. If there was minimal response from the people on the plane, it might be encouragement to move proceed with further planning for another massive attack...
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ter⋅ror⋅ism
–noun
1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
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Terrorist don't have to actually cause bodily harm to still be committing an act of terrorism.
I agree this smells a little fishy, but just a little. Woudn't surprise me either way, unfortunately.