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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
In Detroit? Doubt it! Either way, we'd still have a bunch of dead Americans.
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Yes, most flights coming from Europe to Detroit are only over American soil for the last hour, if that. If you blow up the plane earlier than that, you are probably over the ocean and you minimize the damage to those people actually on the plane. That was my understanding for their reasoning for the "last hour" thing. Although, so much of what the media is saying is speculation anyway.
Today, Al Quada's Yemeni wing has claimed responsibility:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...?section=world