Note that he didn’t need the training to drive one forward, but he did need it to get a Hazmat license and a cargo that could make life very interesting once he’d crashed it. That’s what’s going on.

why not recruit a stooge who already has license and job? You do not have to tell them what is going on.

You still need to have the guy to drive it the last mile or two. That’s why you don’t need to know how to back up.

2Hotel9 and others, I think that the trick is that somebody wanted to know exactly what was in the vehicle for the intended suicide crash. You can certainly wreak havoc by stealing someone’s rig, but then you don’t know whether it’s going to do anything more interesting than crash and burn.

Plus, when you steal the truck, doncha think that somebody might, say, call the cops and notify everyone on the road that a certain Peterbilt with a blue trailer is “hot”? Do you think that just might, maybe just maybe, interfere with getting to your target?

Again, what this guy may have wanted to do is to be handed the keys to a certain kind of vehicle that was loaded with exactly the payload he wanted. You can’t do that without CDL + Hazmat, and thank goodness he left a nice little paper trail so he didn’t get it.

RP, no one has to go to any school for that. Any state Driver’s Manual will suffice.

Aundre, in order to steal a truck and use it for whatever purpose you wish no license is needed. You just steal whatever truck you want. Just exactly how stupid are people like you?

This story does not ring right. Terrorists have no need of a license nor do they need to go to a Truck driving school. This appears to be a case of the Flying Imams, only on wheels. This jackoff’s lawyer will now have a feild day with our judicial system and the press will slobber all over this Jihadi wannabe.

If you are going to steal a truck and use it as a bomb, you do not have to present a license. This is another sideways attack through our courts and media.

truck = payload
payload = American deaths
American deaths = happy Muslims
big truck = larger payload
larger payload = more American deaths
more American deaths = happier Muslims

big truck = happier Muslims

Maybe if you’re not good with math you won’t understand it.

2Hotel9, I would suggest that anyone who doesn’t take some classes in driving school might have trouble passing the driving portion of the CDL exam.

I doubt this is going to matter to 2hotel, but I drive a tanker… Gasoline, and when it is full sure you could blow it up with another explosive, but the fuel doesnt “DETONATE”, sure it would “IGNITE” and BURN and maybe be thrown all over everything locally, but as far as “the destructive force”… he he he… like I said Gasoline doesnt “DETONATE”. AN empty tanker with FUMES would DETONATE, but once again it would be a localized explosion…

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2 Hotel, a quick search revealed about 40 tractors–only a few trailers–nationwide. This probably isn’t all of them, but I would have to guess that the owners of cargo would tend to do a very good job tracking it via GPS,LoJack or other means.

It is possible to find useful idiots. That said, however, it does appear that Al-Qaida likes to do the driving itself.

I certainly won’t claim that this guy was the brightest light in the chandelier. However, Michelle Malkin’s recent column on this subject does bring out information that indicates that we ought to be very, very, concerned.

Quite right on the tanker truck as well–10,000 gallons is, after all, the approximate amount of diesel fuel that heated the WTC structure to its failing point.

2H, I’d simply argue that the plan is somewhat more sophisticated than simply stealing a truck. I think that the end goal is to become a driver who will be trusted with a very specific kind of load–a driver with CDL and various endorsements for hazmat, etc..

The trick is that drivers can (using CB radio, etc..) very quickly locate a stolen vehicle and run it off the road with no harm done except to that tractor-trailer. What’s the Jihadi fun in that? If you want to spill tons of chemicals in an elementary school or office building, you’ve got to have that license.

RP, why not recruit a stooge who already has license and job? You do not have to tell them what is going on. Make it a common criminal type operation, then move on to your actual goal.

As for effects, why so complicated? Have you an idea of the destructive force of a 10,000 gallon gasoline or liguified petroleum tanker? 10 pounds of explosive would be plenty of initiator.

As for stealing a truck, got a clue how many 18 wheelers are currently listed as stolen, just in the state of New Jersey? Much less nationwide?

2hotel9 how stupid are people like … Me ??? Oh brother…. where’s the iggy button. seems I have to explain everything. You’re a DEMOCRAT.. right ??? I knew it !!!

Thats right! I are a big fat lying Democrap. I done been voting for John Edwards and I loves me welfare check. Just like you.

Robert, that’s an interesting point, but it doesn’t match with the fact that the guy only wanted to learn the basics.

In order to get that job he’s going to need to demonstrate the ability to drive a truck, including backing up.

NonCommercial Driver Licenses

CLASS E: Any non-commercial motor vehicles with Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) less than 26,001 pounds, including passenger cars, 15 passenger vans including the driver, trucks or recreational vehicles

Big vehicle.

Hazmat license is just a written test, though a difficult one, as I found out when it was time to renew my license. feds got tough.
You can rent a very large straight truck with only a regular drivers license.
No need for a Class A tractor trailer license if you are a terrorist.
If you are a cigarrette smugler, maybe.

Bravo,
Bros! keep going like this, more good info again.