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'Plot to blow up planes' foiled [UK TERROR THREAT LEVEL RAISED TO IMMINENT{U.S.raised terror level)
BBC News ^ | Thursday, 10 August 2006, 05:06 GMT 06:06 UK | Unknown

Posted on 08/09/2006 10:17:04 PM PDT by gary_b_UK

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To: onyx

I am going to have to fight for the TV today because grandkids are coming. I will try to keep up. Right now I am going to go make hubby his coffee.


1,421 posted on 08/10/2006 2:26:22 AM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)
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To: Timeout

You just nailed it all.


1,422 posted on 08/10/2006 2:26:30 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: onyx

Well .. my kids went to bed late .. so I'm praying they will sleep late and I'll get a couple hours of sleep

If not .. I'm gonna be hurting *L*

With that .. I'm really off to the couch to watch the TV and hopefully fall asleep


1,423 posted on 08/10/2006 2:26:32 AM PDT by Mo1 (Bolton- "No one has explained how you negotiate a ceasefire with terrorists")
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To: mtbopfuyn
Blonde hair and blue eyed Norwegian Muslims?

Nope. Norway, along with a great many other European countries, has a large Muslim population now. Denmark is quite disturbed about theirs, I hear tell... to appease the Muslims there, they had to build a huge mosque in Copenhagen. So I can't imagine Norway being much different.

Don't know the answers to your questions about faked documents, though. I'm not in that line of work, either.
1,424 posted on 08/10/2006 2:27:15 AM PDT by Ladypixel (Protein for your 'puter - Folding@Home Freepers, team #36120. Destroying diseases is fun!)
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To: Cindy

I'm watching Sky News on FOX and typing what they say, for those without T.V.; I have no links.


1,425 posted on 08/10/2006 2:27:35 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: Miss Marple
Unofficial information:

http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/site/modules/news/

*UK TERROR LEVEL RAISED TO CRITICAL

*AT LEAST 18 ARRESTED OR DETAINED, CURRENT THREAT DESCRIBED AS "SIGNIFICANT"

*INTELLIGENCE SOURCES: "MAJOR TERRORIST OPERATION, SOME 'PLANNERS' MIGHT BE IN US"

*UK FLIGHTS: "NO CARRY-ON BAGGAGE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE"

*10 August 2006; 0330 ET: Police in the U.K. have reportedly foiled a plot to smuggle explosive devices in airline hand luggage to blow up planes in mid-flight, or take over aircraft and crash them into targets inside the U.S.

Police in the United Kingdom have reportedly arrested 18 suspects, and more being sought in the UK and at least 2 other countries, including the US. According to US intelligence sources close to the Northeast Intelligence Network, the investigation is expected to expand "well beyond the UK," and described the threat to the US as "just the tip of the iceberg and very significant."

In the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security raised the threat level to the "highest level" for commercial flights from Britain to the United States in response to the terror plot in London. The general threat level for all flights within the U.S. or entering the country has also been elevated.

1,426 posted on 08/10/2006 2:28:10 AM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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To: SeaBiscuit


Before I nuke them? LOL! OK.


1,427 posted on 08/10/2006 2:28:24 AM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: Timeout

Yes, he is.


1,428 posted on 08/10/2006 2:28:28 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

I hope so..What is this about informing the imams before the raids..Good Grief!


1,429 posted on 08/10/2006 2:28:37 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: nopardons

If I were taking bets, I would have to say the "overblown" and "vacation" complaints will first be aired on Hardball at 7PM. Just a hunch.


1,430 posted on 08/10/2006 2:29:26 AM PDT by Timeout (I hate MediaCrats!)
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To: nopardons

Hey, that's great NoPardons.

I'm out visiting sites on the net, so you know I appreciate you doing that.


1,431 posted on 08/10/2006 2:29:29 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: jellybean
Thanks, but now I really am going to drag myself off to bed.
1,432 posted on 08/10/2006 2:29:43 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: gondramB
I wonder if they will stop allowing carry ons?

I've had the same thought. Seems likely to be the next step in this parade.

I'd like the contract to sell items aboard aircraft to entertain the passengers.

1,433 posted on 08/10/2006 2:29:46 AM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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To: Mo1


Good idea --- the couch looks good.


1,434 posted on 08/10/2006 2:30:10 AM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: Timeout

Sad but true..BUMP!


1,435 posted on 08/10/2006 2:30:35 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: GretchenM

placemarker.


1,436 posted on 08/10/2006 2:30:42 AM PDT by NorthWoody (Hey, politicians! Stand up, be men, do your jobs and close the borders while there's still time.)
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To: Jotmo
I'm going to HATE my job when this happens. Two hours in the air with NOTHING to do but read "Sky Mall".

Ah, but think how nice it will be to have people boarding the airplane without trying to carry-on everything they own. They might have to learn to check their bags! And boarding could be completed in two minutes!

1,437 posted on 08/10/2006 2:31:29 AM PDT by JoeGar
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To: Cindy

bttt


1,438 posted on 08/10/2006 2:31:29 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: Cindy
Another update for this thread:

Yahoo News - 8 mins ago - British police thwart aircraft bomb plot

Excerpt:

"LONDON - British police said Thursday they had arrested 21 people in connection with a terror plot against airlines traveling from Britain to the U.S. which was "intended to be mass murder on an unimaginable scale."

"London's Heathrow airport, the busiest airport in Europe, was closed to most European flights Thursday morning after officials raised Britain's national security alert to its highest level — suggesting a terrorist attack may imminent. Huge crowds formed at security barriers."

1,439 posted on 08/10/2006 2:31:35 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: AmeriBrit

Oh oh................


1,440 posted on 08/10/2006 2:31:54 AM PDT by nopardons
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