BBC
Defence officials have had to allay the concerns of Sydney office
workers, who watched as an air force fighter chased what appeared to
be a passenger plane.
Some people thought Australia's most populous city might be coming
under attack.
Instead the Australian Defence Force was bidding farewell to one of
its aircraft.
The media had been alerted about the fly-past over Sydney harbour
bridge but not, apparently, the public.
A number of office workers decided to evacuate their skyscrapers after
watching in alarm as a passenger plane flew low over Sydney harbour
chased by an air force fighter.
After flying over the city the planes banked over the coast then
headed back towards the central business district.
One eyewitness said the sight and sound of the planes was
"terrifying".
Another said he'd never been so scared.
But rather than witnessing the pursuit of a hijacked plane, the office
workers were watching a farewell flight.
One of the defence force's Boeing 707 aircraft was being retired from
service, shadowed by a hawk fighter from which aerial photographs were
being taken.
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Geez ... has the Aussie government conned THEIR people
into being 'terrorized', doing bin-Ladens work, just
like the US/UK ?
At least we're PRIME targets - the "big powers". Hate
to say it, but Oz is, well, kinda 2nd-rate, off the
radar so to speak. Nobody really THINKS about what
happens in Australia. It's another planet.
The terrorists - they want prominent, mainstream targets.
Old centers of western-european colonial power - London,
Paris, Madrid - THEY need to worry. Newey Ork City needs
to worry, as does DC, Chicago and Los Angeles.
But even they ... they don't need to worry THAT much.
Time has shown that the terrorists lack significant
resources outside their native sphere. Takes 'em years
to work up anything interesting, and even then it's
very limited conventional attacks ... no WMDs, no
armies of Islamic commandos sweeping through the
streets like in some Chuck Norris movie.
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