Posted on 08/10/2006 7:36:00 AM PDT by yoe
In light of British police breaking an airline bombing plot, U.S. officials Thursday raised the threat level for air transport to the highest, code red.
The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement passengers on all domestic and international flights would be banned from transporting any type of liquid or gel in their carry-on luggage. The ban applies to all types of beverages, shampoo, toothpaste, hair gels and other items of a similar consistency, the TSA announced.
Britain imposed similar bans with the exception of baby formula, which the traveler would have to prove safe by drinking some.
The move came after Scotland Yard announced the arrests of 21 people in London and Birmingham late Wednesday. They said intelligence indicated they were involved in a plot to simultaneously down as many as 10 U.S.-carrier flights from Britain to the United States using explosive liquids in carry-on baggage.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said officials had no indication that the plot included attacks inside the United States.
The U.S. Air Transport Association issued a statement asking passengers to be patient with the "temporary measures" that would result in intensified searches and considerable delays.
Not afraid. Just cold hard-eyed desire to put these (popular epithet of the day) in constraint and remove them from any contact with society.
If that involves execution on sight, fine. It would certainly involve very sharp profiling aimed at EVERYBODY who claims a connection with Islam.
Islam grew and developed in relative isolation for a long time, before it became the cancer on humanity it is today. The more I think about it, the less tolerant I am of religions that preach such arrogant and intolerant views of the world, that none but their own may exist. Somehow, the Muslims have never been advised of the deep wisdom of the Golden Rule, "Do unto others, as you would have others do unto you." Note that there is no religious test to be followed here, or is anything asked of the individual that is beyond the ability to accomplish.
Here is a clause, from the Koran (40 Hadith of an-Nawawi 13), "Not one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother what he desires for himself." But keep in mind, that if someone is not a Muslim, then the concept of "brotherhood" does not apply.
Would you put some strains of Christianity in that category? Just for the sake of consistency.
Idiots and leftist moonbats always make the assumption that if Bush is in Crawford he's watching old Bugs Bunny cartoons.
So somebody tell me once again why we are allowing Muslims into western nations. I seem to have forgotten.
No Christian "strain" believes that "none but their own may exist." Seems to me that, among world religions, only islam holds that deadly belief.
Putting things in context:
Once, maybe not so many years ago, there were certain branches of "Christianity" that DID preach of their own moral superiority, and the need to establish themselves as the "one true Church". But of course, when the application of Christ's teachings are scrutinized, there is no such interpretation to be found anywhere in the New Testament.
On the other hand, the Koran is completely garbled and meaningless, if only the text attributed to the Prophet Mohammed is considered. The ongoing religious warfare that goes on between the Shi'a (Persian) and Sunni (Arabic) factions traces directly to this garbled text. Worse, in the sometimes obvious plagarization of Mosaic and Judaic texts, what was included was remembered wrongly from oral tradition. When the oral traditions differed too greatly from the version the Prophet was comfortable with, old Mohammed had no compuctions whatsoever about having the dissident beheaded on the spot.
Which seems to be a singularly bad way to prove or disprove the authenticity of the Word of God.
They need to throw it higher. 10' is about standard for current baggage handling techniques.
The best way to prevent additional attacks is to expel the proponents of the ideology of death and destruction, and to seal the borders to infiltration from countries that export death and destruction.
Also, kick leftists out of elected office.
Unless we feel terror they have failed. Afraid or scared just doesn't cut it. You can tell if you feel terror by the way the hair stands up on the back of the neck and you scream without realizing it.
I believe that this is already done by ramp agents.
No, I'm not afraid. I used to fly 100% for about 8 years, and am local right now. But, if anything, I think my basic emotion would be more of annoyance.
We must always be culturally diverse. I knew there must be a reason.
Exactly. And nuke Iran, nuke Iran, and nuke Iran. Most of the problem will be solved when Tehran is a smoking, radiation contaminated crater. Use them as the example, and if the message is not recieved loud and clear. Move on to the next state sponsor. Granted, we'll have to work some sort of "drug deal" with China and Russia but nothing will work except total eradication of islamofascists.
If we are already at red, where does the threat level go when there are snakes on a plane?
Well put.
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