Why Al Qaida Selected Detroit

"For Al-Qaida, Detroit Was Just the Cheapest Flight<p>

Mar 24, 2011 – 6:03 AM<p>

AP WASHINGTON -- When an admitted al-Qaida operative planned his itinerary for a Christmas 2009 airline bombing, he considered launching the strike in the skies above Houston or Chicago, The Associated Press has learned. But tickets were too expensive, so he refocused the mission on a cheaper destination: Detroit."<p>