[jstolzen]

Anyone hear anything more on Lotfus and his belief of a 2/2 tape from OBL?

I didn't hear the clip. How "sure" did he sound of this?

Seems pretty significant, given the dates and the statement that a video would follow after the attack "between the Eids" (which ends 2/2, right?)

[JustPiper]

Airliner turns back mid-Atlantic

The plane turned back after a 'technical fault'
A {{New York-bound}} Virgin Atlantic plane has returned to London after a burning smell was noticed in the cabin.
Flight VS45, with 181 passengers, had been two-and-a-half hours into the flight to John F Kennedy airport.

A Virgin spokeswoman said it was "purely a safety precaution" and the plane landed at Heathrow at 1345 GMT.

A BAA spokeswoman said: "The captain took the decision and if it had been more serious he would have landed at the nearest available airport."

The jet - an Airbus A340-300 - did not turn back because of any security problem, she added.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3447679.stm

[JustPiper]

The US Homeland Security Department has said it has no plans to raise its current alert level.

[oceanview]

he was very aloof about it to be honest, his tone was such that he viewed it more as a PR move during the holy days, rather then it being tied to a significant event.