Re: War....
Tesco,
No, that all sounds quite reasonable. Electronic equipment, even simple radios, can be converted to bombs. In fact, the timing circuits of a clock-radio are an ideal component of a bomb. Just strip out the 'radio' part and leave the timer face plate to show it ticking along and fill it with pLastique. So, it makes perfect sense to make people prove that their electronic equipment works.
This might turn out to be a more original response than I had been expecting. Have you noticed that the media reports Colin Powell making a speech every single day to the Armed Forces to "get ready"? This is not for their benefit. He can speak to them any time through direct channels. This is for the benefit of the terrorists. It's time for them to live on edge for a while. And now today they are saying 'expect something unconventional' for our response. Let's see, how about a permanent air-cover over Afghanistan, with lots of sonic-booms as they 'practice' air maneuvers and whatnot. Every so often, when a good target like a terrorist camp is spotted, a bomb or missile will drop. Could be one at a time, could be a dozen at a time, but you never know when. I hope they will be careful about civilians, of course. Special forces/commandos can be sent it to hit targets too close to civilians for conventional bombing. Training new terrorists could be difficult when you are under constant surveillance and attack. Back in the industrialized world, they can start seizing Bin Laden's assets, and capturing a terrorist cell every day or so to geneate a headline. They probably know about enough of them by now to keep that up for weeks. If they deliberately set out to make the terrorists nervous, like they ought to be since THEY are the criminals, they might succeed in turning the tables and eventually breaking their organization. The constant news of little victories could work to counter the terror effect of the recent attack, too.
[This message has been edited by Baron Munchausen (edited 17 September 2001).]
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