Posted on 08/09/2006 10:17:04 PM PDT by gary_b_UK
A major terrorist plot to blow up planes in mid-flight has been disrupted by police, Scotland Yard says.
It is thought the plan was to detonate explosive devices smuggled on board aircraft in hand luggage.
During the night, police arrested a number of people in London after a counter-terrorist operation they said had lasted several months.
Police believe the attacks would have been particularly targeted at flights from the UK to the US.
The Department for Transport said security at all UK airports has been increased.
Passengers on all flights will not be allowed to take any hand luggage on to any flights in the UK.
Only the barest essentials - including passports and wallets - will be allowed to be carried on board in transparent plastic bags.
I always ask for non muslim flights when booking.
They are the Neville Chamberlains of our generation.
Well, I expect they voted for the kind of politicians who allowed so many Pakistani Muslims to emigrate to Britain, so ultimately whose fault is it that the holiday was ruined? ;)
Remote Control from the Ground. Hell I don't know, but all I do know is, these people need to be removed from our society.
Shut down the Mosques and get them the hell out of this country.
Excellent idea. The solution is really simple, screen those who fit the profile.
That means they knew the target date and +- time.
With 8 hours time difference (flight time), we're likely into 8-11 in Afghanistan.
Sh**, it almost sounds like they picked them up on their way to the airport or nearby motel.
Amazing. Well, they didn't get the planes, but look how they disrupted our commerce. All part of the plan with homegrown terrorists.
This plot was orginally scheduled for December 2003. It's in the FR Threat Matrix archives and the plot to bring down all the airplanes was known on the Jihadi boards at the time as "Jihad Falcon" by the infamous terror propagandist EOM (aka Adam Gadahn).
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1013726/posts?page=2584#2584
"U.S. raises terrorism threat level - Ridge: Possible attacks could rival 9/11"
CNN.Com / U.S. ^ | Sunday, December 21, 2003 Posted: 4:10 PM EST (2110 GMT) | CNN.Com
Follow the archive thread and you can see how things played out at the time by both Al Qaeda and the Feds...
Good Lord.
I guess it would take lots of bodies falling out of the sky to justify her inconvienence. A hell of alot more than jumped from the WTC, slammed into the Earth like Flight 93 or vaporized at the Pentagon.
I cherish my freedoms as does any American.
I have news for this airhead. Comfort does not equal freedom.
The problem is, it makes sense to John Q Public. We are forced to fly with these people.
But to the protected class in this country (i.e. politicians, lawyers and judges). It's Profiling and is not a nice thing to do.
I'm so stinking sick of the maggots who claim to be for protecting us it's not funny.
I foresee another civil war in this country, but it won't be North against South. It will be Slimes against everyone else.
God help us.
Some arrests in London,and High Whickham, (Thames Valley area near Heathrow.) I did not get the last place where arrests were made.
I am suspicious;
11 missing Egyptian students
Large prepaid cell phone purchases, airplane passenger lists, and information on airport security checkpoints.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680977/posts
Something is brewing ...
Good points.
Now for my 2nd sleep jump.
night night.
morning morning?
OK. Your policy would require banning everyone
who was not fair-skinned
or who spoke English with a weird accent.
I think you might have some problems with that
not least because there are plenty of wasp-looking Moslems
who speak perfect American or British English.
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Airports on red alert over terror plot (Muslim MP blames Jews & West)
Leeds Today (Evening Post) ^ | August 10 | Staff
Posted on 08/10/2006 6:09:47 AM PDT by PghBaldy
POLICE and the security services today foiled an airline terror plot described by one police chief as a bid to cause "untold death and destruction"... Muslim MP Shahid Malik (Dewsbury), a member of the Commons home affairs select committee, said: "I think it is very disturbing that it appears that those suspected are citizens of this country. "The point that we have been making is that we have become too relaxed about this. That is not to say we have got to start a panic, but we do need to remain vigilant and people need to contact police if they are suspicious about anything." He said there is "no quick fix" to sorting out the underlying problems which cause people to become radicalised. "Violence is not the answer," he said. "We have got to give people the chance to vent their frustration through debate, politics and public life." And he added: "The action of Israel and the inaction of the West is contributing to the difficult task of tackling extremism."
(Excerpt) Read more at leedstoday.net ...
Deputies stopped Osama Sabhi Abulhassan, 20, and Ali Houssaiky, 20, both of Dearborn, Mich., on a traffic violation Tuesday. They found the flight documents along with $11,000 cash and 12 phones in the car, said Washington County Sheriff Larry Mincks
All numbers that fit...appear to be "odd". I have a book called "Zero".
I THINK that Muslims are given credit for the necessity of it but I'd have to go find the book.
Let's look at it as "Back to the Point of Beginning" or....Yosef's old Plan!!
It was Birmingham, which is a hotbed.
Suggested freeper betting pool.
When will the first US major paper or other news source suggest that this plot was not really all that serious and would have failed anyways?
I have 7:00 am August 11, 2006
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