Foiled terror plot resembles Bojinka

The New York Times points out that the foiled terror attack targeting transatlantic flights closely resembles the Bojinka plot, a pre-9/11 plot by Al Qaeda to blow up planes over the Pacific. [NY Times] According to the Times article, "Bojinka" is Serbo-Croation for "big bang," although Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told the CIA it was a "nonsense" word.

The Bojinka plot was discussed in the 9/11 Commission Report, and is first mentioned on page 147. [9/11 Commission Report, p. 147] Vivisimo's search engine for the report lists all of the instances of the word "Bojinka" in the report. [Vivisimo 9/11 Report Demo]

"Plot Echoes One Planned by 9/11 Mastermind in '94" [NY Times]