it was no more an attack on an aircraft as it would have been an attack on the mailvan that finally delivered it.
It seems the Hon. Ms May disagrees:
U.K. official: Aircraft was likely target of attack - CNN.com
It does seem a strange 'plot'.
If the intent was to blow up a
cargo plane, why draw attention by addressing the device to a synagogue ? And why waste a bomb on a frieghter anyway ?
If the intent was to bomb the synagogue(s), how on earth would they know exactly when to detonate, assuming the 'cell phone' was a viable method.
More to come I'm sure. Well, perhaps not (shhh !).
ETA: another thought: why in the name of Jaweh would anyone at a synagogue accept an unexpected package from
Yemen ?