What if Ramzi Yousef & Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had managed to carry out the most extreme version of their Bojinka plot in 1995?
tl;dr - What if a "super 9/11" is successfully carried out earlier?
I think this makes an interesting what-if because...
- On January 15, Pope John Paul II is killed by a suicide bomber during a visit to the Philippines
- One week later, 11 U.S. bound airliners simultaneously explode over the Pacific Ocean
- During the ensuing chaos, several hijacked domestic flights are used in 9/11-style suicide attacks against targets in New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Chicago
tl;dr - What if a "super 9/11" is successfully carried out earlier?
I think this makes an interesting what-if because...
- Differences in the Clinton v.s. Bush administration
- Differences in the cultural and geopolitical situation of 1995 v.s. 2001
- The increased severity of the attacks
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