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US worried about new Syria-Yemen al-Qaeda threat to flights
Times of Israel ^ | 6-30-2014 | LAZAR BERMAN

Posted on 06/29/2014 9:31:00 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

US intelligence believes that members of the al-Nusrah Front, al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, have linked up with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in order to develop a plot to down a plane headed to the US or Europe. Officials are worried that jihadist fighters in Syria who hold US or European passports would be central to the plot.

A source told ABC that this threat “is different and more disturbing than past aviation plots.”

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: alnusrahfront; alqaeda; egypt; eritrea; iran; israel; lebanon; libya; malaysia; manpads; mh370; saudiarabia; sinai; sudan; syria; yemen
I wonder if Malaysian flight MH370 is going to reappear somewhere?
1 posted on 06/29/2014 9:31:00 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
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To: LucyT

Ping


2 posted on 06/29/2014 9:32:30 PM PDT by Velveeta
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To: Citizen Zed

Obama’s not worried.

Fore!!!!


3 posted on 06/29/2014 9:32:37 PM PDT by Viennacon (Rebuke the Repuke!)
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To: Citizen Zed

Bump


4 posted on 06/29/2014 9:36:06 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: Citizen Zed
if the first plane brought down with an American made SAM isn't enough to get this FPOS thrown out of office and put in jail, nothing will...
5 posted on 06/29/2014 9:37:09 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Citizen Zed

bookmark


6 posted on 06/29/2014 9:39:41 PM PDT by MarMema (Run Ted Run)
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To: Citizen Zed

AIR ISIS. Yes they would probably be so bold as to have it emblazoned on the exterior of former flight MH370.


7 posted on 06/29/2014 9:42:07 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Velveeta; Old Sarge; null and void; Rushmore Rocks; Oorang; MamaDearest; Myrddin; azishot; ...
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US worried about new Syria-Yemen al-Qaeda threat to flights

A source told ABC that this threat “is different and more disturbing than past aviation plots.”

Thanks, Vel.

8 posted on 06/29/2014 9:52:41 PM PDT by LucyT (zer0 is draining & overloading the system, in order to get the political change he wants.)
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To: Citizen Zed

I’d be more worried about the US made Stingers and other MANPADs that were recently captured in Iraq.


9 posted on 06/29/2014 9:59:53 PM PDT by FreeInWV (Have you had enough change yet?)
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To: Chode

“if the first plane brought down with an American made SAM isn’t enough to get this FPOS thrown out of office and put in jail, nothing will... “

If a passenger plane is brought down with a U.S.-made SAM, we will NEVER hear about it.

Not under a DEMOCRAT as President, anyway....


10 posted on 06/29/2014 10:21:39 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: tcrlaf
maybe not in the L$M, but i bet we damn sure will in the foreign press if it's a foreign carrier and they have any proof at all...
11 posted on 06/29/2014 10:31:29 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: FreeInWV

Don’t forget about the more than 7,000 MANPADS that disappeared from Libyan stockpiles after our totally illegal war of 2011.


12 posted on 06/29/2014 10:59:15 PM PDT by Trueblackman (As a Conservative, I am proud to be on the Obama's enemy list and on the right side of history..)
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To: Citizen Zed

***A source told ABC that this threat “is different and more disturbing than past aviation plots.”***

Well, then, we better intensify the sexual assults at U.S. airports and increase spying on law-abiding Americans. Maybe take away a few more basic rights for good mesure.


13 posted on 06/29/2014 11:08:10 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Citizen Zed

What utter BS. Worried? Then why keep supporting and arming them? Oh yes, elections have consequences , don’t they? Two more years of this, plus, as the captain steers America’s ship of state right down the sewer.


14 posted on 06/29/2014 11:39:44 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: Citizen Zed

Why would it. The terrorists have the manpads we transferred to them in Syria from Libya.


15 posted on 06/30/2014 2:40:23 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: Citizen Zed; LucyT; hoosiermama; maggief; crosslink; Liz; onyx; null and void

A camoflaged flight mh370...

plus those weapons that were run from Libya to Syria ....

weren’t there rumored to have been manpads among them?

IIRC manpads have the range to bring down a jetliner....


16 posted on 06/30/2014 5:06:29 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: WildHighlander57

Correction to #16

Manpads NOT rumored to have been amongst the weapons going from Libya to Syria.


17 posted on 06/30/2014 5:08:24 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: WildHighlander57

And finally this could be the reason they took the plane. To repaint it to look like another incoming flight, staff it with their own people and then pull in as if they were the real flight.


18 posted on 06/30/2014 7:49:13 PM PDT by MarMema (Run Ted Run)
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