A year after the U.S. assassinated Major General Qassem Soleimani, commander of Irans troops responsible for clandestine operations against other nations, a digitally altered voice was broadcast to New York air traffic controllers announcing that a plane would be flown into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
U.S. officials consider this a hoax, but Iranian officials have vowed revenge for the killing. It seems to me that targeting Congress as they count the votes to end Donald Trump’s Presidency seems an odd (albeit high profile) target to avenge President Trump’s decision – although foreign groups may not make nuanced distinctions between who with the U.S. pursued a policy (versus seeing the enemy as ‘the U.S.’ broadly).
Air traffic controllers, though, have been reminded to immediately flag course deviations of any aircraft – especially today.
On 9/11, when two commercial planes hit the World Trade Center and one hit the Pentagon, the fourth – United Airlines Flight 93 – may have been headed for the U.S. Capitol Building before being brought down by passengers as they fought terrorists for control of the aircraft.
John Clancy anticipated this in his 1994 book Debt of Honor
“John” Clancy? I believe Tom Clancy to be more accurate.
@Jerry, thanks for highlighting that – those circumstances were exactly what came to my mind.
Yes, Tom would have been correct. Must of been thinking back to a much loved but now departed seafood restaurant in Manhattan.
Not as worrisome as the TDS-afflicted coup army storming the steps and breaking into the US Capitol building, whipped into a frenzy by their Dear Leader, all over a series of lies and conspiracy nonsense.
A sad day for democracy and the USA.
Gary Leff, your comments are very Biased. this is the First time US has assassinated a Military Officer since Yamamoto! As you have seen Before, One Day you are a “Terrorist” and a Few years later, you are a PM. (Case in point, Menachim Begin, Former Israeli PM he was considered a Terrorist by the world for Killing British soldiers)
So has the FBI yet found a lunatic Trump supporter who would consider trying to go after the Capitol building with a plane for much the same reason as the seditious criminals who stormed the Capitol from the ground.