Terminology and Etymology
The plot is also known as Oplan Bojinka, Operation Bojinka, Project Bojinka, and Bojinga. Word "bojinka" is a nonsense word Khalid Sheikh Mohammed adopted after hearing it on the front lines in Afghanistan. FBI officials dub Operation Bojinka "48 hours of terror".
Several media outlets, including Time Asia, falsely observed that the word Bojinka means "loud bang" or "explosion" in Serbo-Croatian language. The most intriguing meaning of Bojinka gives Russian word "боженька" sometimes transcribed as "божинька": this is a derogatory term used by so-called 'militant atheists' in Russia for "God".
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."
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