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==Terminology and etymology== The plot is also known as '''Oplan Bojinka''', '''Operation Bojinka''', '''Project Bojinka''', and '''Bojinga'''. FBI officials described Operation Bojinka as "48 hours of terror."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lance |first=Peter |title=Cover Up: What the Government Is Still Hiding About the War on Terror |publisher=Regan Books |year=2004 |isbn=978-0060543556 |edition=1st |location=New York }}</ref> Several news media outlets, including ''[[Time Asia]]'',<ref name="Time Asia">{{Cite news |last1=Elegant |first1=Simon |last2=Manggis |first2=Sungei |date=1 April 2002 |title=Asia's Own Osama |url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/malay_terror/hambali.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828230313/http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/malay_terror/hambali4.html |archive-date=28 August 2005 |access-date=30 July 2024 |work=[[Time Asia]]}}</ref> incorrectly stated that the word ''Bojinka'' means "loud bang" or "explosion" in the [[Serbo-Croatian]] language. Endnote 7 of Chapter 5 of the ''[[9/11 Commission Report]]'' states that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed says "bojinka is not Serbo-Croatian for 'big bang'", as has been widely reported, but rather a nonsense word he adopted after hearing it on the front lines in Afghanistan."<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2016 |title=The 9/11 Commission Report |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/features/911-commission-report |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=GovInfo |publisher=United States Government Publishing Office |page=488 |language=en |publication-date=July 22, 2004}}</ref>
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