Planning To Bomb The Skies (The Bojinka Plot)

On January 6th 1995, Philippine policewoman Aida Fariscal would answer a call from a local resident complaining about billowing black smoke from one of the Doña Josefa apartments. Not knowing she was about to uncover one of the most sinister terrorist plots ever hatched. When Fariscal entered Room 603, she along with other policemen now arriving on the scene were witness to a myriad of alarming artifacts such as bomb making chemicals, priest clothes, bottles containing nitroglycerin, and and loops of green, red, blue, and yellow electrical wiring. However the two men who rented the apartment were viewing the growing calamity with police and firemen now on the scene, they were Abdul Hakim Murad and Ramzi Yousef. At the time, Yousef was wanted by the FBI and NYC prosecutors for his role in the 1993 WTC Bombings. Yousef would have immediately left the scene with his associate but remembered one important error, the laptop which had the operation and names of individuals involved was inside in the room. Yousef told Murad to go back and retrieve it, Murad incredulously agreed.

However as Murad went up the stairs, the authorities were all now focused on who this man was trying to re-enter the premises. Murad fled, with authorities rushing after him. They got lucky however as Murad tripped and was promptly arrested. Yousef, quietly disappeared. After days of intense interrogation Murad admitted to being part of an inter-national terrorist plot which would shake leading investigators, Rodolfo Mendoza, who would give a full detailed report to the FBI. But according to Mendoza, they did nothing with the contents of the report which elaborated on the multi part terrorist operation which involved planting bombs on planes and hijacking one of them and crashing it into CIA headquarters along with suicided pilots crashing into multiple US buildings.