From:	Waffelmeisters <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject:	Re: Hijacking
Date:	Thu, 28 May 1998 17:03:26 -0500

> Re: Hijacking (Gurth , Wed 15:15)
>
> Alfredo B Alves said on 7:35/27 May 98,...
>
> > I think he was referring to group A takes plane hostage, group gets
> > everyone's attention and describes threat posed by group B if demands
> > aren't met by a certain amount of time ... to prove they are serious,
> > Group A kills the passengers (and prolly suicides afterwards) ... Group B
> > is the real threat ...
>
> That's about the only thing that makes sense... Killing all your hostages usually
> means signing your own death sentence. Commiting suidice right after means you
> won't have to bother the authorities with it ;)

Yes, that basically the situation I expected to result. No competant
crew would expect to get away after that, even if (especially if) the
threat group b was weilding was HUGE (butits specifics unknown to
them). However, on reflection, the "proof of intent" stunt usually
demonstrates your ability to carry out a larger thret (say, a SMALL gas
attack as threat of a larger one).
So the situation this would most likely occur in would be where a
[terrorist] leader had the ability to influence the minds of followers
to get them to carry out acts like this, and wanted to prove it, as a
threat. Not the best use of that abilty, maybe, but the entire Great
Ghost Dance was a similar "proof of inmtent" involving self sacrifice...

-Mongoose