UPS plane would have had blown up 2 hours north of Quebec City if the brits had

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not caught it. My family had a cottage 1 hour north of Ottawa and I used to lay in the middle of the lake on a win-surfing board and tan. I'd watch jetliner after jetliner go over the Quebec woods on the way from Europe to the American mid-west. Thank god the Saudis warned terrorism officials about the bombs. That was a close one.

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1. I wondered if exploding over Quebec was planned given that Quebec's

position on veiling etc.

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2. I think it is more likely that the terrorists just got the timing wrong. I'm sure it was supposed to

go off in America. Keep in mind that if 2 hours north of Quebec City (as you drive) the plane was likely only a little over an hour from the USA (as a plane flies).