Posted on 08/09/2006 11:37:26 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
An Israeli soldier avoids dust as a military helicopter prepares to land on the Israel-Lebanon border August 9, 2006 to evacuate troops injured in fighting in southern Lebanon.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060810/ap_on_re_eu/britain_terror_plot
By JENNIFER QUINN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 41 minutes ago
LONDON - British police said Thursday they thwarted a terrorist plot, possibly just days away, to blow up U.S.-bound jetliners over the Atlantic and kill thousands. Chilling accounts leaked by investigators described a plan on the scale of Sept. 11 that would use liquid explosives concealed as everyday carry-on items and common electronic devices to bring down 10 planes in a nearly simultaneous strike.
The bombs were to be assembled on the aircraft apparently using a liquid explosive — most likely peroxide — and detonated by such devices as a disposable camera or a music player, two American law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Britain asked that no information be released.
A federal law enforcement official in Washington said that at least one martyrdom tape was found during ongoing raids across England on Thursday. Such a tape, as well as the scheme to strike a range of targets at roughly the same time, is an earmark of al-Qaida.
British authorities arrested 24 people based partly on intelligence from Pakistan, where authorities detained up to three others several days earlier. More arrests were expected, the official said. The suspects were believed to be mainly British Muslims, at least some of Pakistani ancestry.
The official said some suspects were cruising the Internet looking for flights to the United States for several different days in recent weeks. He said some had gone to Pakistan recently.
American investigators praised Britain for preventing a catastrophe. "If this plot had actually occurred, the world would have stood still," Mark Mershon, assistant director of the FBI, told the AP in New York.
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"There is reason to believe he has this quality. He is not a cynic who, for reasons of prestige or other extraneous considerations, would take tens of thousands of soldiers into battle to risk their lives."
hmmmm. . . what other "extraneous considerations" could those be, could it be the 3000+ rockets falling in northern israel. Geeez, these left wing lemmies are going to be the demise of the West
Haaretz is just all for the cease fire...but they are on the left side of things so I am not surprised.
If they reject it for sure by the end of Saturday then it is number 3.
Salvador Peep
HMS Peep
Peeping in the Rain.
The diet has been good for weight loss though.
President Bush said the breakup of the sky terror plot by British security a reminder that the US is still at war with “Islamic fascists”. (American Forces Press Service) 18:15 PDT
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=421
They've probably been hauling in weapons to Hezebola faster than they can be fired.
LOL....he also said they could come to America.
Hey, Texas has a lot of space..BUT, Israel NEEDS to stay where it is...it belongs there..not AJ.
True, but I think there's much more to this story.
Look at who is giving us the information. I don't consider Shep Smith and Bill Hemmer to be the sharpest knives in the block.
Also, Israel only allows what THEY want aired. There has to be a lot of stuff going on that we don't know about.
In the old days (WWII) all of the back and forth, feints, withdrawals and advances, etc. were only described and reported well after the fact, when the armies had moved on to further objectives. We didn't have minute by minute broadcasts of D-Day; if we had, there would have been an uproar in the US.
The cable channels are all about trying to get us invested in watching. To that end, they make this like a giant ball game. It is easy to get sucked into that mind set, and it is simply not a good way to deal with war.
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I pretty much agree.
I did comment to your previous message and posted it before I saw this. It is a little similar to this.
WHOA....what a turn of events!!
How many people voted in that polling place though??
Not nearly enough to help Lieberman I bet...
Plus, you heard that the military mail-in vote forms didn't get sent out in time for the military to vote in the election...
Poor Lieberman...he is getting scwewed.
LOL! Too cute!
undercover behavior specialists? Wouldn't those kind of folks tend to drift left? I bet alot of folks could point out a terrorist before boarding a plane, and do it for a whole lot less $$$. We will start first, with the ice cold emotionless look in their eyes and then secondly, their name could add weight to that lack of emotion. It isn't rocket scientry.
I like your AJ solution, but tell me, is it Am a DINGY nut job or is it Am a DINGY nut job?
Now Cynthia McKinney and Keith Olbermann together...that would be must see TV, ONCE.
All we've heard is that Syrians have been checking bomb shelters, moving a few mines and smuggling arms across the border. Maybe they detect something fundamentally weak in the current tactics/leadership of the Israeli army. I guess that would inspire confidence. Maybe they know something that has not been advertised by the Israelis - vulnerability of Israeli armor, for example?
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